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The Dalai Lama. Following the end of the Qing Dynasty, the 13th Dalai Lama declared the independence of Tibet in 1913. [2] This independence was contested by the Chinese Government in Beijing who in October 1950, invaded Tibet and seized most of its territory in a military campaign of about two weeks. [3]
The 13th Dalai Lama fled to British India in February 1910. In the same month, the Chinese government issued a proclamation 'deposing' the Dalai Lama and instigating the search for a new incarnation. [15] When he returned from exile, the Dalai Lama declared Tibetan independence (1912).
September 23 – China rejects the Dalai Lama's Five-Point Peace Plan. [3] September 27 – twenty-one monks from the Drepung Monastery took to the streets of Lhasa to show support for the Dalai Lama, waving the Tibetan flag and calling for Tibetan Independence. They were gradually joined by a number of laypeople.
Formal talks between China and the Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959 after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, and his representatives have been stalled since 2010. "With regard to ...
At the time Political Tibet obtained de facto independence, its socio-economic and political systems resembled Medieval Europe. [30] Attempts by the 13th Dalai Lama between 1913 and 1933 to enlarge and modernize the Tibetan military had eventually failed, largely due to opposition from powerful aristocrats and monks.
The Dalai Lama was encouraged in 1979 when Deng Xiaoping told his brother Gyalo Thondup that "except independence, all other issues can be resolved through negotiations". The Dalai Lama agreed to pursue negotiations for a mutually beneficial and peaceful resolution rather than fighting to restore independence. [37]
Mr McCaul, the Republican representative, said the delegation had overcome intimidation from China to meet with the Dalai Lama, the leader in exile in India since the 1960s, as he underlined the ...
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) -A group of U.S. lawmakers who met the Dalai Lama in India on Wednesday said they would not allow China to influence the choice of his successor, comments expected to ...