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[[File:TAR-TAP-TAC.png|thumb|right|250px|Orange refers to Tibet's original land boundaries, subdivided into provinces by China and designated as [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]] (and other ethnic minorities) [[Autonomous areas of China|autonomous areas]].]]
The '''2008 Tibetan unrest''' (also referred to as the '''2008 uprising''' in Tibetan media<ref name=TR>''The 2008 uprising and the Olympics'', (22 June 2018),Tibetan Review, https://www.tibetanreview.net/the-2008-uprising-and-the-olympics/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226111913/http://www.tibetanreview.net/the-2008-uprising-and-the-olympics/ |date=December 26, 2018 }}</ref> or '''the 3-14 Riots''' in Chinese media<ref>Xiaobing Li, ''Civil Liberties in China'', ABC-CLIO, 2010, 165 p., p. xlvii: "March 14: Buddhist riots – the '3/14 Riots' – occur in Lhasa."</ref><ref name=":3" />) was a series of protests and demonstrations againstover the [[Government of China|Chinese government]]'s treatment and persecution of [[Tibetan people|Tibetans]]. The scheduledunrest also included [[2008Ethnic Olympicconflict|ethnic Gamesconflicts]] inbetween BeijingTibetans wasand a[[Han rallyingChinese|Han]] pointand before[[Hui 2008,<refpeople|Hui name=TR/>Chinese]].
and a marching protest in the Tibetan capital of [[Lhasa]] by [[Drepung Monastery]] monks on 10 March is credited with beginning the movement. Numerous peaceful protests and demonstrations began commemorating the 49th anniversary of the [[1959 Tibetan uprising]], when the [[14th Dalai Lama]] escaped from Tibet.<ref>''Tibet protests'', (14 March 2008), https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2008/mar/14/1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321083553/http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2008/mar/14/1 |date=March 21, 2016 }}</ref> After the demonstrations and protests by monks and nuns were met by excessive force from Chinese armed forces, clashes occurred in Lhasa and spread across Tibet. Mass arbitrary arrests of monks, nuns, and lay Tibetans, lethal shootings by Chinese forces, and reported forced disappearances of Tibetans continued for several months afterwards.
 
Protests in [[Lhasa]] by monks on 10 March have been viewed as the start of the demonstrations. Numerous peaceful protests and demonstrations were held to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the 1959 [[Tibetan Uprising Day]], when the [[14th Dalai Lama]] escaped from Tibet.<ref>''Tibet protests'', (14 March 2008), https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2008/mar/14/1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321083553/http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2008/mar/14/1 |date=March 21, 2016 }}</ref> The protests and demonstrations spread spontaneously to a number of monasteries and throughout the Tibetan plateau, including into counties located outside the designated [[Tibet Autonomous Region]].<ref name="TR" /> The arrest of monks at [[Labrang Monastery]] increased the tenseness of the situation. Violence began when [[Ministry of Public Security (China)|Chinese police]] and [[People's Liberation Army]] units used force on non-violent protests by monks, and spread when protesting Tibetans later clashed with security forces. Clashes also occurred between Tibetans and Chinese [[Han Chinese|Han]] and [[Hui people|Hui]] settlers, resulting in Han and Hui stores and buildings being destroyed and numerous Chinese civilians being injured or killed.<ref name="nyt23">{{cite news|date=March 16, 2008|title=Tibetan riots spread outside region|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/world/asia/16iht-tibet.1.11134870.html|url-status=live|accessdate=January 7, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225070813/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/world/asia/16iht-tibet.1.11134870.html|archive-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-04-11|title=Transcript: James Miles interview on Tibet – CNN.com|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/tibet.miles.interview/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411130317/http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/tibet.miles.interview/|archive-date=2008-04-11|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
The Drepung Monastery monks were also protesting the earlier arrests of their monks from a year before. Violence in Lhasa began when [[Ministry of Public Security (China)|Chinese Public Security forces]] and the Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]] units beat and arrested groups of monks from Drepung and [[Sera Monastery]] during non-violent marches and protests, and spread after Tibetan laypeople later clashed with security forces in defense of the monks at [[Riwoche Monastery]].
 
DemonstrationsThe inuse Lhasaof force by monks,Chinese nunspolice and non-monasticmilitary Tibetans<refforces name=Yardley/>during werethe helddemonstrations onhave 14been Marchcontroversial, andwith afterwardssome deeming it [[Police brutality|excessive force]]. The demonstrations in Lhasa were met with [[Cattle prod|electric prods]], [[tear gas canisters]], and indiscriminate shootings,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Yardley|first=Jim|date=2008-03-15|title=Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/world/asia/15tibet.html|url-status=live|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202951/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/world/asia/15tibet.html|archive-date=March 26, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> according to a report by [[Human Rights Watch]] on the excessive use of force by Chinese forces.<ref name=BBC"BBC2">BBC News, ''China accused of excessive force over Tibet unrest'', (22 July 2010), https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-10723140 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221012440/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-10723140 |date=December 21, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="nyt23"/><ref name=HRW2/> Clashes grew to include those between Tibetans and Chinese settlers, [[Han Chinese]] and [[Hui people]], resulting in Han and Hui stores and buildings being ransacked and burned, and Chinese people also being injured. Building fires in Lhasa and outside the capital city accidentally killed Tibetan and Chinese people.<ref name="nyt23nyt232">{{cite news|date=March 16, 2008|title=Tibetan riots spread outside region|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/world/asia/16iht-tibet.1.11134870.html|url-status=live|accessdate=January 7, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225070813/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/world/asia/16iht-tibet.1.11134870.html|archive-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref><ref name="HRW22">''I saw it with my own eyes: Abuses by Chinese security forces in Tibet, 2008-2010'', (21 July 2010), Human Rights Watch, https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/07/21/i-saw-it-my-own-eyes/abuses-chinese-security-forces-tibet-2008-2010 {{Cite webWebarchive|dateurl=2008https://web.archive.org/web/20200914080327/https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/07/21/i-04saw-11it-my-own-eyes/abuses-chinese-security-forces-tibet-2008-2010|titledate=Transcript:September James14, Miles2020}}</ref> interviewThe on[[International Campaign for Tibet]] –estimates CNNa total of 235 protests occurred from 10 March until the end of October 2009.com<ref name="ICT" /> The Chinese government's [[Xinhua News Agency]] estimated that 150 protests occurred between 10 March and 25 March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wwwnews.cnnsina.com.cn/c/2008-04-01/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/tibet233615271300.milesshtml|title=达赖和"西藏人民大起义运动"脱不了干系_新闻中心_新浪网|website=news.interview/sina.com.cn|urlaccess-statusdate=dead2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2008041113031720180326202923/http://wwwnews.cnnsina.com.cn/c/2008-04-01/WORLD233615271300.shtml|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</asiapcfref><ref name="ICT">International Campaign for Tibet, ''2008-2009 Protest Logs'', https:/03/20/tibetsavetibet.miles.intervieworg/archived-research/2008-2009-protest-logs/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912161628/https://savetibet.org/archived-date=research/2008-042009-11|accessprotest-logs/ |date=2018-03-26September 12, 2020 }}</ref> A casualty estimate according to the Chinese government claims 23 people were killed during the riots themselves; the [[Central Tibetan Administration]] claims 203 were killed in the aftermath alone,<ref name=BBC3/"HRW3233"><ref{{cite nameweb|url=HRW2https:/>/www.hrw.org/en/reports/2008/07/06/china-s-forbidden-zones-0|title=China's AfterwardsForbidden Zones|date=July 7, several2008|pages=32–33|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302151055/http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2008/07/06/china-s-forbidden-zones-0|archive-date=March monasteries2, and2010 nunneries|url-status=live|accessdate=March 11, 2010}}</ref> while the [[Dalai Lama]] stated 400 Tibetans were surroundedkilled byin Chinesetotal. forcesForeign thatjournalists severedwere accessexpelled or forced to food,leave waterduring andthe basicuprising utilitiesanniversary. [[Amnesty International]] reported 1,000 Tibetan protestors remained "unaccounted for" by June 2008,<ref>''Tibetan protestors missing, Amnesty says'', (19 June 2008), CNN,
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/oly.tibet.torch/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224184740/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/oly.tibet.torch/ |date=February 24, 2020 }}</ref> Later,while the Central Tibetan Administration reported a total of 5,600 arrests of Tibetans between March 2008 and January 2009, with 1,294 injuries within the same period. Foreign journalists were expelled or forced to leave during the uprising anniversary and the aftermath.▼
 
Protests supporting Tibetans were held in cities in [[North America]] and [[Europe]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/24/tibet.olympicgames2008|title=Tibet protesters disrupt Olympic flame ceremony|last=Stratton|first=Allegra|last2=agencies|date=2008-03-24|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327084632/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/24/tibet.olympicgames2008|archive-date=March 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as in [[Beijing]], [[Australia]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-protests/timeline-day-by-day-record-of-tibet-protests-idUSSP15193420080321|title=TIMELINE: Day-by-day record of Tibet protests|last=Editorial|first=Reuters|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326203155/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-protests/timeline-day-by-day-record-of-tibet-protests-idUSSP15193420080321|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[India]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/world/asia/01india.html|title=Tibetans Protest in Delhi, but March Is Off|last=Kumar|first=Hari|date=2008-04-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202830/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/world/asia/01india.html|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-tibet-protests/nepal-police-break-up-tibet-protests-284-held-idUSDEL26990920080331|title=Nepal police break up Tibet protests, 284 held|last=Editorial|first=Reuters|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202823/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-tibet-protests/nepal-police-break-up-tibet-protests-284-held-idUSDEL26990920080331|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Many of the international protests also called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics. On 24 March, the torch lighting ceremony in Greece was disrupted by activists, including some from [[Reporters Without Borders]]. At Chinese embassies, protests ranged from pelting the embassies with eggs and rocks<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/news/world/eggs-flags-and-tempers-fly-at-chinese-consulate/2008/03/16/1205602193544.html|title=Eggs, flags and tempers fly at Chinese consulate – World – theage.com.au|website=www.theage.com.au|date=March 17, 2008|language=en|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023633/https://www.theage.com.au/news/world/eggs-flags-and-tempers-fly-at-chinese-consulate/2008/03/16/1205602193544.html|archive-date=March 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> to protestors entering the premises and raising the [[flagFlag of Tibet|Tibetan flags]], which was outlawed in Tibet by the Chinese government in 1959.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-tibet-protests/tibetan-protesters-attack-londons-chinese-embassy-idUKKRA73981720080318|title=Tibetan protesters attack London's Chinese embassy|last=Editorial|first=Reuters|work=U.K.|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202547/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-tibet-protests/tibetan-protesters-attack-londons-chinese-embassy-idUKKRA73981720080318|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-tibet-protests/tibetans-protest-near-china-embassy-in-nepal-idUSDEL3818420080401|title=Tibetans protest near China embassy in Nepal|last=Editorial|first=Reuters|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326203001/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-tibet-protests/tibetans-protest-near-china-embassy-in-nepal-idUSDEL3818420080401|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=19724&t=1|title=Tibetans storm Chinese Embassy in Paris|website=Phayul.com|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023427/http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=19724&t=1|archive-date=March 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/tibetans-activists-try-to-storm-chinese-embassy-in-delhi-287394.html|title=Tibetans activists try to storm Chinese embassy in Delhi|work=News18|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202756/https://www.news18.com/news/india/tibetans-activists-try-to-storm-chinese-embassy-in-delhi-287394.html|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ▼
The protests and demonstrations spread spontaneously<ref name=TR/><ref name=phayul/> to a number of monasteries and towns and through the Tibetan plateau, including into counties located outside the designated [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]. There, protesting monks, nuns and lay Tibetans were also arrested and lethal shootings also occurred.
 
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The [[Amnesty International]] reported 1,000 Tibetan protestors remained missing or "unaccounted for" by June 2008.<ref>''Tibetan protestors missing, Amnesty says'', (19 June 2008), CNN,
▲http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/oly.tibet.torch/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224184740/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/oly.tibet.torch/ |date=February 24, 2020 }}</ref> Later, the Central Tibetan Administration reported a total of 5,600 arrests of Tibetans between March 2008 and January 2009, with 1,294 injuries within the same period. Foreign journalists were expelled or forced to leave during the uprising anniversary and the aftermath.
 
In response, [[International reactions to 2008 Tibetan unrest|international diplomatic condemnations and concerns]] were expressed by numerous countries. International protests supporting Tibetans were also held in cities in [[North America]] and [[Europe]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/24/tibet.olympicgames2008|title=Tibet protesters disrupt Olympic flame ceremony|last=Stratton|first=Allegra|last2=agencies|date=2008-03-24|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327084632/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/24/tibet.olympicgames2008|archive-date=March 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as in [[Beijing]], [[Australia]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-protests/timeline-day-by-day-record-of-tibet-protests-idUSSP15193420080321|title=TIMELINE: Day-by-day record of Tibet protests|last=Editorial|first=Reuters|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326203155/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-protests/timeline-day-by-day-record-of-tibet-protests-idUSSP15193420080321|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[India]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/world/asia/01india.html|title=Tibetans Protest in Delhi, but March Is Off|last=Kumar|first=Hari|date=2008-04-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202830/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/world/asia/01india.html|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-tibet-protests/nepal-police-break-up-tibet-protests-284-held-idUSDEL26990920080331|title=Nepal police break up Tibet protests, 284 held|last=Editorial|first=Reuters|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202823/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-tibet-protests/nepal-police-break-up-tibet-protests-284-held-idUSDEL26990920080331|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Many of the international protests also called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics. On 24 March, the torch lighting ceremony in Greece was disrupted by activists, including some from [[Reporters Without Borders]].
 
▲At Chinese embassies, protests ranged from pelting the embassies with eggs and rocks<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/news/world/eggs-flags-and-tempers-fly-at-chinese-consulate/2008/03/16/1205602193544.html|title=Eggs, flags and tempers fly at Chinese consulate – World – theage.com.au|website=www.theage.com.au|date=March 17, 2008|language=en|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023633/https://www.theage.com.au/news/world/eggs-flags-and-tempers-fly-at-chinese-consulate/2008/03/16/1205602193544.html|archive-date=March 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> to protestors entering the premises and raising the [[flag of Tibet]], which was outlawed in Tibet by the Chinese government in 1959.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-tibet-protests/tibetan-protesters-attack-londons-chinese-embassy-idUKKRA73981720080318|title=Tibetan protesters attack London's Chinese embassy|last=Editorial|first=Reuters|work=U.K.|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202547/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-tibet-protests/tibetan-protesters-attack-londons-chinese-embassy-idUKKRA73981720080318|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-tibet-protests/tibetans-protest-near-china-embassy-in-nepal-idUSDEL3818420080401|title=Tibetans protest near China embassy in Nepal|last=Editorial|first=Reuters|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326203001/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-tibet-protests/tibetans-protest-near-china-embassy-in-nepal-idUSDEL3818420080401|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=19724&t=1|title=Tibetans storm Chinese Embassy in Paris|website=Phayul.com|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023427/http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=19724&t=1|archive-date=March 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/tibetans-activists-try-to-storm-chinese-embassy-in-delhi-287394.html|title=Tibetans activists try to storm Chinese embassy in Delhi|work=News18|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202756/https://www.news18.com/news/india/tibetans-activists-try-to-storm-chinese-embassy-in-delhi-287394.html|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Protesters in Tibet that were arrested and detained stated they were tortured, and told to "admit" they were paid to protest by the [[14th Dalai Lama]].<ref name=BBC/> The Chinese government alleged the unrest was motivated by [[separatism]] and blamed supporters of the Dalai Lama for orchestrating it,<ref name="voa3">"Reported by [https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2008-03-15-voa2-66744812/562281.html VOA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019055228/https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2008-03-15-voa2-66744812/562281.html |date=October 19, 2017 }}. Accessed May 18, 2009. [https://archive.today/20090602000004/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-03/2008-03-15-voa2.cfm?CFID=199999648&CFTOKEN=35561911&jsessionid=6630e127af734d19bbbf2713642cf323f6d4 Archived] June 1, 2009.</ref> In response, the U. S. State Department and other governments denied the Chinese accusations. The Dalai Lama also denied the accusation and said that the situation was caused by "deep seated disillusionment and despair" in Tibet. The Dalai Lama also invited Chinese officials to come to India with their evidence.<ref name=TR/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20522&t=1|title=Dalai Lama Calls Again For Crackdown Probe|website=Phayul.com|access-date=2018-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202614/http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20522&t=1|archive-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Representatives of the Chinese government and representatives of the Dalai Lama held a series of three high level meetings on China's Tibetan policies, on 4 May, 1 July and 31 October of the same year,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/21/tibet.religion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902090543/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/21/tibet.religion|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-02|title=Dalai Lama calls for end to anti-Olympic protests {{!}} World news {{!}} theguardian.com|date=2013-09-02|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref><ref name="reuters2">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK26550320080701|title=China, Dalai Lama's envoys resume talks|date=July 1, 2008|accessdate=July 1, 2008|work=[[Reuters]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313103038/http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK26550320080701|archive-date=March 13, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> which were ended by the Chinese government after the Beijing Olympics came to a close.<ref>''Chronology of Tibetan-Chinese relations, 1979 to 2013'', International Campaign for Tibet, https://savetibet.org/advocacy/chronology-of-tibetan-chinese-relations-1979-to-2013/#2001</ref>
 
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