China & TibetChina ruling Tibet

Jessica Pearson

History• 1644 – Manchus take over

China, want Tibet• 1788 to 1911 – China has

control of Tibet• 1912 – Manchus are

thrown out of Tibet• 1949 – Mao Zedong and

the Chinese Communists• 1951 to present – China

has control of Tibet

Chinese Invasion• Mao Zedong and Chinese

Communists• 1951 – People’s Liberation Army

captures Lhasa, Tibet’s capital• 1959 – Tibetans revolt• Thousands of Tibetans have been

killed, tortured, and imprisoned

Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR)

• Official name given by China• Tibetans are a minority ethnic group• Central Committee of the Communist

Party of China • Population – 2,620,000

– Official language is Chinese• 130,000 Tibetans live in exile

Government-in-Exile• Dalai Lama –

Political leader– Dharamsala, India

• Government- Democratic

• Language is Tibetan

• Religion is Tibetan Buddhism

What Tibet is doing

• 1988 – true autonomy for Tibet• 1989 – 30th anniversary of Lhasa

uprising• 1996 – Bombing near Chinese

government offices• China is willing to wait until the Dalai

Lama dies– Also waiting so the Han Chinese become

majority of the population