Photograph published in unknown Chinese magazine of People's Liberation Army tanks on parade in a park at the back of the Potala Palace, marking the beginning of the period of Martial Law in Lhasa, 1989

 

Name
Tibet Information Network (Collector)
Les Amis du Tibet (Publisher)
Title
Photograph published in unknown Chinese magazine of People's Liberation Army tanks on parade in a park at the back of the Potala Palace, marking the beginning of the period of Martial Law in Lhasa, 1989
Abstract
Photograph published in unknown Chinese magazine of People's Liberation Army tanks on parade in a park at the back of the Potala Palace, marking the beginning of the period of Martial Law in Lhasa.
Collection Name
Tibet Information Network (TIN) Archive
Subjects
Militarization of police; Human rights; Tibetans; Lhasa (China)
Format
photographs
Genre
news photographs
Publication Information
Unknown Chinese magazine: China. 1989-03
Date
Circa March 1989
Physical Description
10.2 x 15.2 cm
Note
Set 4, Photo 8. Annotation on back: Tanks on parade in park at back of Potala Palace. The official view of this occasion is probably to mark 10.3.59 - the day considered as the anniversary of 'democratic reforms' in Tibet. Another purpose maybe to det er Tibetans from protesting against March 1959 uprising [exactly 30 years before].
Language
English; French
Library Location
C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Also In
Tibetan Studies Special Collections at Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-gkvf-g157