Name
Tibet Information Network (Collector)
Central Tibetan Administration-in-Exile (India) (Publisher)
Title
People's Liberation Army tanks on parade with guns pointing toward the Potala Palace, marking the beginning of the period of Martial Law in Lhasa, 1989 March
Abstract
Photograph published in unknown Chinese magazine of the People's Liberation Army tanks on parade with guns pointing towards 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
March 1989
Physical Description
10.2 x 15.2 cm
Note
Set 4, Photo 6. Annotation on back: Tanks on parade with guns pointing to Potala Palace. Beginning of Martial Law in Lhasa. 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 deter Tibetans from protesting against March 1959 uprising [exactly 30 years before].
Language
English; French
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-tx7y-nb88