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The Legal Position of Tibet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2017

Charles Henry Alexandrowicz-Alexander
Charles Henry Alexandrowicz-Alexander*
Affiliation:
Research Professor, University of Madras
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Tibet has recently been invaded by Communist China and deprived of independence. The Mao Tse-Tung government justifies the invasion by China’s claim to suzerainty over Tibet, though the latter, before finally disappearing from the international scene, had again and again denied that she was still a vassal of China.

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Research Article
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , April 1954 , pp. 265 - 274
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1954

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