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Journal of Cold War Studies

Summer 2006, Vol. 8, No. 3, Pages 54-101
Posted Online August 24, 2006.
(doi:10.1162/jcws.2006.8.3.54)
© 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Tibetan Rebellion of 1959 and China's Changing Relations with India and the Soviet Union

Chen Jian

Chen Jian is the Michael J. Zak Professor of History of U.S.-China Relations at Cornell University.



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Tibet, which had enjoyed de facto independence from 1911 to 1950, was resubordinated to China in late 1950 and 1951 through a combination of political pressure and military force. On 10 March 1959 a mass revolt broke out in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Amid growing turmoil, the 14th Dalai Lama fled the capital. After Chinese troops moved into Lhasa on 20 March to crush the rebellion, the Tibetan leader took refuge in neighboring India. The Chinese People's Liberation Army quelled the unrest and disbanded the local government. This article looks back at those events in order to determine how the rebellion was perceived in China and what effect it had on relations with India.

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