China s State Council Information Office on Friday issued a white paper on the peaceful liberation of Tibet and its development over the past seven decades.
By Zhang Yongpan | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-20 07:29 Share CLOSE The vast grassland of Tibet s northern Nagchu city is a treasure trove of high-altitude biodiversity. [Photo by Daqiong/chinadaily.com.cn]
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet, an achievement of epoch-making significance. Tibet has been an inseparable part of China since ancient times. After the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) unified China in the 13th century, Tibet was officially incorporated into the central administration, and the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties and the Republic of China (1912-1949) continued to exercise sovereignty over Tibet.
Tibet was a closed and backward feudal society before the Communist Party of China peacefully liberated it in 1951. Historical accounts by both Eastern and Western scholars reflect the terrible social and economic condition of Tibet before 1951. Religious leade
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Claude Arpi | Will Beijing return the remains of 1962 hero?
Published May 13, 2021, 12:00 am IST
Updated May 13, 2021, 12:00 am IST
It is shocking that Beijing has never returned the remains of Subedar Joginder Singh, Param Vir Chakra, who died in Tibet in November 1962
It is time for New Delhi to ask the Chinese government to repatriate to India the mortal remains of the brave Sikh soldier. (Stock Image)
In recent months China has given a lot of publicity to several new war memorials which have come up in Tibet; this mushrooming is probably due the Galwan incidents in which the People’s Liberation Army lost some 45 men and officers in July 2020, although this information is still a state secret within China (it took months for Beijing to finally admit four Chinese had died in the brawl with Indian troops).
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