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Name: Tibet

Type: Polity

Start: 1912 AD

End: 1951 AD

Nation: tibet

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This article is about the specific polity Tibet and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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After the fall of the Qing dynasty in October 1911, all remaining Qing forces left Tibet after the Xinhai Lhasa turmoil. Tibet became an indepentent state, until it was again invaded and annexed by China 1951.

Establishment


  • August 1912: After the fall of the Qing dynasty in October 1911, all remaining Chinese forces left Tibet during the Xinhai Lhasa turmoil. Between the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1912 and the annexation by the People's Republic of China in 1951, Tibet was a de facto independent state.
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    1. Chinese Warlord Era


    Was a period in the history of the Republic of China when control of the country was divided among former military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regional factions.

  • January 1918: De facto evolution of the boundary of Tibet up to 1932.

  • 2. Sino-Tibetan War


    Was a war between Tibet and China over disputed border regions that begun when the Tibetan forces invaded the area.

  • January 1934: All Tibetan (Kham) territories east of the Yangtse fell into Chinese hands, with the Upper Yangtse River becoming the border between Chinese and Tibetan controlled areas.

  • 3. Century of humiliation


    A period (1839-1949) of foregin interventions in China resulting in the occupation, conquest or lease of large territories by foregin countries.

    3.1.Sino-Japanese Wars

    Were two major wars between China and Japan in the XIX and XX centuries.

    3.1.1.Second Sino-Japanese War

    Was a military conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Theater of the Second World War.

  • January 1941: During the Chinese Civil War and the Sino-Japanaese War, the territory controlled by Tibet increased.

  • 4. Invasion of Tibet (1950)


    Was a military campaign by the People's Republic of China that resulted in the annexion of Tibet.

  • April 1950: In March, the People's Liberation Army arrived in Kangding.
  • July 1950: The Chinese Qinghai Cavalry Detachment entered Gyêgu.
  • July 1950: The 18th Army of the People's Republic of China assembled at Garzê.
  • July 1950: Chinese forces entered Litang from the east.
  • October 1950: The PLA crossed the Jinsha River on 6 or 7 October 1950 into Lhasa-controlled Chamdo.
  • October 1950: The People's Republic of China captured the border town of Chamdo by 19 October.
  • May 1951: Tibetan representatives in Beijing and the PRC Government signed the Seventeen Point Agreement on 23 May 1951, authorizing the PLA presence and Central People's Government rule in Political Tibet.

  • Disestablishment


  • May 1951: Tibetan representatives in Beijing and the PRC Government signed the Seventeen Point Agreement on 23 May 1951, authorizing the PLA presence and Central People's Government rule in Political Tibet.
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