19/03/2019
AUDIO: https://www.eitb.eus/es/radio/radio-euskadi/programas/boulevard/audios/detalle/6277459/audio-60-anos-revuelta-tibet-china-felipe-gonzalez-/
The Dalai Lama in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, in 1959.
Professor Felipe González tells us about the Tibetan revolt against Chinese occupation, that ended with a bloodbath, And with the Dalay Lama and his faithful in exile.
En 'Boulevard Magazine' We review the recent history of the world's roof, from Tibet, that commemorates the 60 Anniversary of the uprising of its people in front of the Chinese occupation. Uprising that ended with thousands of dead and with the Tibetan government in exile.
Does 60 years…he 17 March 1959 the fourteenth Dalai Lama, the current, was forced to leave the Tibet, After the Tibetans, including aristocracy and monks, They will rise up against Chinese repression and invasion.
We remember that Tibet was a British protectorate, since the British Empire invaded it in 1904. Y disfrutó de una independencia "de facto" regarding China until 1950. that year, The Chinese People's Liberation Army occupied Tibet, fair 2 months before the Dalai Lama took the reins of the Tibetan government.
Despite the occupation, they managed to have their own Tibetan government, until the March revolt 1959 which China brutally stifled. The Dalai Lama and a good part of his followers were forced to go into exile. None of them have been able to return to their country or see their families again..
Professor Felipe González tells us about that conflict that after 60 years, remains unresolved.
