Exile administration reiterates autonomy demand as China celebrates 75th anniversary of Tibet takeover

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(TibetanReview.net, May24’26) – Accusing China of being totally out of sync with the desires and aspirations of the Tibetan people, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) of exile Tibetans has on May 23 reiterated its long-standing call for genuine autonomy for the Tibetan homeland. The call came as China celebrated the 75th anniversary of what was a brutally coerced annexation of Tibet in 1951, and then again in 1959, while calling it all a peaceful liberation.

The occasion marks the signing of a China-drafted 17-point “Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet” on May 23, 1951, in Beijing. The “agreement” essentially promised a sort of “one country, two systems&r...

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