This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2019-05-23 07:15
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
On May 23, 1951, the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet (the 17-Article Agreement) was signed in Beijing by the Central People's Government of China and the former local government of Tibet, formally marking the peaceful liberation of Tibet.
The peaceful liberation enabled Tibet to shake off the trammels imposed by imperialist aggressors, brought to an end to the long-term isolation of Tibet and stagnancy of its social development, thus creating favorable conditions for democratic reform and social progress in Tibet.
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