1950-10-06 - 1950-10-24

Chamdo campaign

Chamdo / Qamdo1950-10-06 to 24 · PLA entry into eastern Tibet and capture of Chamdo

Other events in this phase

PRC Border Consolidation2
  1. Chamdo campaignCurrent record
  2. Seventeen-Point Agreement

Tibet frontier transition

The Chamdo campaign is the key event for separating the October 1950 military pressure in eastern Tibet from later political incorporation.

The 1951 Seventeen Point Agreement and PLA entry into Lhasa are linked as later political and administrative stages.

Source Trail

ReferenceBritannica · Tibet since 1900Open sourcePrimary SourceCIA CREST · Chinese Communist Invasion of TibetOpen source