The Tibet Daily (Chinese: 《西藏日报》 བོད་ལྗོངས་ཉིན་རེའི་ཚགས་པར།) is the official newspaper of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] It was launched on April 22, 1956, and is headquartered at No. 36 Dosenger Road, Lhasa.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party |
| Founded | April 22, 1956 |
| Political alignment | Chinese Communist Party |
| Language | Chinese, Tibetan |
| Headquarters | Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Website | www |
History
editIn the fall of 1951, after the People's Liberation Army entered Lhasa, the oil-printed tabloid Xinhua Telegraph (Chinese: 《新华电讯》) was established. The following year, it was renamed News Brief (Chinese: 《新闻电讯》), published in both Tibetan and Chinese, and began covering local news.[2] After the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region was established. At that time, the CCP Tibet Work Committee decided to transform News Brief into a newspaper that would serve both as the official organ of the CCP and the Preparatory Committee for the Autonomous Region.[3]
On April 22, 1956, Tibet Daily was launched.[4] In February 1955, the CCP Tibet Work Committee reported to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party its plans for the newspaper's establishment. By March 1955, the CCP Central Committee approved the proposal.[5] In October 1955, Zhang Jingwu, the Central People's Government representative in Tibet, sought instructions from Chairman Mao Zedong regarding the creation of a large-scale bilingual newspaper in Tibetan and Chinese. He also requested Mao's inscription for the newspaper's masthead.[6] Mao advised that "When publishing a newspaper in a minority area, the priority should be to produce it in the minority's script." He further noted that, unlike Qinghai, Tibet should have a Tibetan-language newspaper, and that decisions on the newspaper's name and operation should be made locally, without external imposition.[7][6]
On February 18, 1956, the CCP Tibet Work Committee officially decided to found Tibet Daily, and by March 7, 1956, the newspaper's Party Group and Editorial Committee were established. During the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the CCP Tibet Work Committee, concerned for the newspaper's safety, ordered it to relocate to the north side of the Tibet Military District compound. At the same time, pro-Chinese figures like Kaxue Dondrub Tsetsujang and Geshe Tsetsuza were also moved to the new location.[8] The area was fortified with bunkers, trenches, sandbags, and wells, and sufficient supplies were stored for months. The newspaper, together with the Xinhua Branch, formed a militia company led by Lu Shuangxin (Chinese: 陆双欣), with Zhang Dengxing (Chinese: 张登兴) serving as company commander, comprising over 60 armed militiamen. On March 20, more than 100 Tibetans attacked the newspaper office from Ramoche Temple, but the militia successfully repelled the assault.[9][10]
In August 1965, Mao Zedong inscribed the masthead of Tibet Daily.[11]
References
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- ^ Zhang, X. (2004). China's Tibet. China Intercontinental Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-7-5085-0608-1. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ^ 辉煌的二十世纪新中国大纪录: 西藏卷 (in Chinese). 红旗出版社. 1999. p. 471. ISBN 978-7-5051-0374-0. Archived from the original on 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ a b 当代中国丛书编辑部 (1991). 当代中国的西藏. 当代中国丛书 (in Chinese). 当代中国出版社. p. 435. ISBN 978-7-80092-041-7. Archived from the original on 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ 中國西藏 (in Chinese). 民族出版社. 1996. p. 40. Archived from the original on 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ 世界屋脊上的秘密战争. 西藏百年风云丛书 (in Chinese). 中国藏学出版社. 2004. p. 346. ISBN 978-7-80057-455-9. Archived from the original on 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ 西藏风云 (in Chinese). 新华出版社. 1987. p. 179. ISBN 978-7-5011-0059-0. Archived from the original on 2024-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ 西藏自治区党史资料征集委员会; 西藏军区党史资料征集领导小组 (1995). 平息西藏叛乱. 中共西藏党史资料丛书 (in Chinese). 西藏人民出版社. p. 28. ISBN 978-7-223-00883-9. Archived from the original on 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ 毛泽东百科全书 (in Chinese). 光明日报出版社. 1993. Archived from the original on 2024-08-18. Retrieved 2024-08-18.