The Truth About the 1959 Tibet Rebellion

Editor＇s note： An armed rebellion occurred in Tibet in 1959. For many years, Tibetan separatists have continuously spread rumors to confuse the people and distorted the facts. How did the Tibet rebellion really occur？ Ngapoi Ngawang Jigmei, who was personally involved in the events, wrote an article in 1988 that revealed the facts. We reprint it here so that our readers can get a true understanding of this incident on the 50th anniversary of its occurrence.     

Remembering the Past While Reaching for the Future

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Tibet＇s democratic reform. In an act with a farreaching effect and great significance, the Second Session of the Ninth People＇s Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region recently designated March 28 to thereafter become the annual Serf Liberation Day. Over the past more than 50 years, I have not only borne intimate witness to the final chapter and subsequent abolition of a system of feudal serfdom that had subsisted for more than one thousand years,