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Tibet is strictly governed by the Chinese Communist Party, with the active
support of the military. ... China has established the full panoply of Party and
government offices to administer Tibet as exists in China. ... Thus, Tibet is "autonomous" in word only; in fact, the Tibet Autonomous
Region has less autonomy than Chinese provinces. ...
China maintains an occupation army in Tibet of at least a quarter million strong. ... The
military plays a greater role in the administration of Tibet than any Chinese province, and no
Tibetan serves in the leadership of the military district governing Tibet.
Even though the Party still controls Tibet, its control is beginning to slip. There is a
pervasive disillusionment with, and contempt for, the Communist Party and the government
in Tibet which can even be found among Party members and government functionaries. ... During ICTs one-
month tour of eastern Tibet, it became apparent that the Partys goals have been drastically
reduced from its once grandiose plans of social, human and economic transformation to
simply holding onto power, taking care of Chinese settlers and extracting Tibets natural
resources. ... Nobody in Tibet is talking about how the Party
can reform itself, for it has become something that most Tibetans must just tolerate and
avoid. ... "
March 10, 1959 was the day when Tibetans rose up against the might of China and
declared their desire for freedom and independence for the whole of Tibet. ... China was able to quickly suppress
the uprising, but not the spirit of the Tibetan people for freedom from tyranny and injustice.
China invaded Tibet in 1949/50. Whatever resistance the tiny Tibetan army put up
against the battle-hardened Peoples Liberation Army, flushed with victory over the
nationalist Chinese and over the Americans in the Korean peninsula, was no match for
Chinas fighting machine. Tibet appealed for international assistance, but no help was
forthcoming. Forced to face China alone, Tibet was compelled to sign the infamous 17-point
treaty in which she was coerced by China to sign away her sovereignty in 1951 in Beijing.
For a period of nine years, Buddhist Tibet and communist China co-existed uneasily.
But increasing Chinese repression in north-eastern and eastern Tibet forced
Tibetans in that region to take to the countryside and take up armed resistance, which
soon engulfed the whole of Tibet. The cycle of repression and resistance in Amdo and
Kham forced thousands of Tibetans to flee to the comparative safety of central Tibet and to
Lhasa.
Approximate Word count = 1970
Approximate Pages = 7.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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