Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China

BelligerentsTibetPeople's Republic of ChinaCommanders and leadersUnits involvedTibetan ArmyPeople's Liberation ArmyCasualties and losses 180 killed or wounded
894 captured
4,317 surrendered 2,000 killed
3,000 missing
2,000 frozen to death
3,000 dead of disease

Central Tibet came under the control of the People's Republic of China (PRC) after the government of Tibet signed the Seventeen Point Agreement which the 14th Dalai Lama ratified on 24 October 1951. This followed attempts by the Tibetan government to modernize its military, negotiate with the PRC, and the defeat of the Tibetan Army by the People's Liberation Army. The Chinese government calls the signing of the agreement the "Peaceful Liberation of Tibet". The events are called the "Chinese invasion of Tibet" by the exiled Central Tibetan Administration and much of the Tibetan diaspora.

The Tibetan government and local social structure remained in place under the authority of China until they were dissolved after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when the 14th Dalai Lama fled into exile and repudiated the Seventeen Point Agreement, saying that he had approved it under duress.