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
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- 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
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Also In
- Tibetan Studies Special Collections at Columbia University
- Copyright Status
- Copyright Undetermined
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-tx7y-nb88