Name
Tibet Information Network (Collector)
Central Tibetan Administration-in-Exile (India) (Publisher)
Title
Chinese sentry overlooking Barkhor Square during period of Martial Law in Lhasa, 1989
Abstract
Photograph of a Chinese sentry overlooking Barkhor Square during period of Martial Law in Lhasa with tank in background.
Collection Name
Tibet Information Network (TIN) Archive
Subjects
Militarization of police; Human rights; Tibetans; Lhasa (China)
Format
photographs
Genre
Documentary photographs
Date
March 1989
Physical Description
10.2 x 15.2 cm
Note
Set 4, Photo 1. Annotation on back: Martial Law, Lhasa. Chinese sentry overlooking Barkor Square in Lhasa. Behind this soldier a tank can be seen & this is the only photo ever seen of a tank in the square. The Chinese have always denied that tanks wer e ever deployed in Lhasa.
Language
English
Library Location
C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
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Also In
Tibetan Studies Special Collections at Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-d1hr-tj70