
C. H. Alexandrowicz
et al.
Published online:
18 May 2017
Published in print:
16 March 2017
Online ISBN:
9780191820649
Print ISBN:
9780198766070
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Chapter
16 The Legal Position of Tibet (1954)
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Pages
202–210
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Published:March 2017
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Alexandrowicz, C. H., 'The Legal Position of Tibet (1954)', in David Armitage, and Jennifer Pitts (eds), The Law of Nations in Global History (Oxford , 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 18 May 2017), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198766070.003.0017, accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter assesses the legality of China’s claim to Tibet. The Chinese government justified their invasion of Tibet by their claim to suzerainty. It is argued that if the history of Chinese suzerainty over Tibet is allowed to be justified, China has no right and has violated the independence of Tibet. If, on the other hand, China is allowed to rely on treaties, old titles, and legal conceptions which are believed to be dead, such reliance defeats the most sacred notions of international law in Asia, according to which such treaties, titles, and conceptions must give way whenever the independence of nations in this and other parts of the world is at stake.
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