Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Agreement
Tibet and China signed a disputed agreement establishing Chinese sovereignty while nominally preserving Tibetan domestic governance.
Significance here: The founding contested legal instrument of Tibet's modern political status question.
· Other
An uprising against Chinese rule was suppressed, and the Dalai Lama fled into exile, repudiating the 1951 Agreement.
Significance here: The event that ended the 1951 Agreement's cooperative framework and established the Tibetan government-in-exile.
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