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| − | The next nine years saw His Holiness trying to evade a full-scale military takeover of Tibet by China on one hand and placating the growing resentment among Tibetan resistance fighters against the Chinese aggressors on the other. His Holiness made a historic visit to China from July 1954 to June 1955 for peace talks and met with Mao Zadong and other Chinese leaders, including Chou Enlai, Zhu Teh and Deng Xiaoping. From November 1956 to March 1957 His Holiness visited India to participate in the 2500th Buddha Jayanti celebrations. But disheartening reports of increasing brutality towards his own people continued to pour in when the young Dalai Lama was giving his final monastic examinations in Lhasa in the winter of 1958/59. | + | The next nine years saw [[His Holiness]] trying to evade a full-scale {{Wiki|military}} takeover of [[Tibet]] by [[China]] on one hand and placating the growing [[resentment]] among [[Tibetan]] resistance fighters against the [[Chinese]] aggressors on the other. [[His Holiness]] made a historic visit to [[China]] from July 1954 to June 1955 for [[peace]] talks and met with Mao Zadong and other [[Chinese]] leaders, [[including]] [[Chou]] Enlai, Zhu Teh and [[Deng Xiaoping]]. From November 1956 to March 1957 [[His Holiness]] visited [[India]] to participate in the 2500th [[Buddha Jayanti]] {{Wiki|celebrations}}. But disheartening reports of increasing brutality towards his [[own]] [[people]] continued to pour in when the young [[Dalai Lama]] was giving his final [[monastic]] examinations in [[Lhasa]] in the winter of 1958/59. |
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Revision as of 03:08, 9 January 2016
The next nine years saw His Holiness trying to evade a full-scale military takeover of Tibet by China on one hand and placating the growing resentment among Tibetan resistance fighters against the Chinese aggressors on the other. His Holiness made a historic visit to China from July 1954 to June 1955 for peace talks and met with Mao Zadong and other Chinese leaders, including Chou Enlai, Zhu Teh and Deng Xiaoping. From November 1956 to March 1957 His Holiness visited India to participate in the 2500th Buddha Jayanti celebrations. But disheartening reports of increasing brutality towards his own people continued to pour in when the young Dalai Lama was giving his final monastic examinations in Lhasa in the winter of 1958/59.
