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A Complete Victory over Poverty
May 21, 2021
Tibet was a contiguous poor area with the highest incidence and most severe level of poverty, where the cost of poverty eradication was highest and the difficulty greatest. Ending poverty in Tibet is a consistent policy of the Central People's Government.
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Rapid Development of Various Undertakings
May 21, 2021
Thanks to the leadership of the Central People's Government and strong support from the rest of China, and to the great endeavors of people of all ethnic groups in the region, Tibet is catching up with other parts of the country in terms of socioeconomic development.
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Historic Changes in Society
May 21, 2021
The Tibetan people yearned for democratic reform, but the timing had to be determined by the situation.
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Peaceful Liberation
May 21, 2021
To address the complex and changing international landscape and the difficult situation in Tibet, and to satisfy the Tibetan people's wish for liberation as soon as possible, Mao Zedong wrote a letter to the CPC Central Committee while in Manzhouli on his way to the Soviet Union for a visit in December 1949. In the letter, Mao made the strategic decision that "it is better for the PLA to enter Tibet sooner rather than later."
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Tibet Before the Peaceful Liberation
May 21, 2021
Tibet has been an integral part of Chinese territory since ancient times, and one of the main Tibetan-inhabited areas in China. In the aftermath of the Opium Wars in the middle of the 19th century, the UK-led imperialist powers began to cultivate the idea of "Tibet independence", intentionally undermining China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Tibetan Buddhism based on principle of 'invariability'
May 25, 2021
Buddhism was introduced to Tibet from India and China's hinterland in the middle of the 7th century.
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Freedom of religious belief fully protected in Tibet: White paper
May 21, 2021
Cultural heritage in Tibet effectively protected, passed on: White paper
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Temple comforts improved for monks living in new era
March 16, 2021
LHASA－At the age of 13, Kalden began his life as a resident monk in the Rinchenling Temple in the Tibet autonomous region and over the past 27 years he has witnessed a vast improvement in living conditions.