![Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, receives a dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Dharamsala, India [Office of his holiness the Dalai Lama Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-03-06T125843Z_93915264_RC2M5M9AMI2Q_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-VACCINE-DALAILAMA.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The 85-year-old was inoculated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and encouraged others to get vaccinated.
Tibet
![The Yarlung Tsangpo River, more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Lhasa. Tibetans believe the river represents the body of the goddess Dorje Pagmo, one of the highest incarnations in Tibetan culture [File: Roman Pilipey/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56487649.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo is part of China’s ‘green’ initiatives but there are concerns about its effect.
![Exiled Tibetans vote in the first round to elect a new political leader and members of the Tibetan parliament in exile [Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/800.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Tibet’s government-in-exile was formed in Dharamshala in 1959 after a failed uprising against the Chinese rule.
![China seized control of Tibet in 1950 and the Dalai Lama went into exile nine years later after a failed uprising against communist rule [File: Thomas Peter/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-10-30T023636Z_1732222842_RC2QSJ9SRUUN_RTRMADP_3_CHINA-TIBET.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
China seized control of Tibet in 1950 and claims its leaders have the right to choose the Dalai Lama’s successor.
![Human rights activists say Beijing suppresses local culture, the Buddhist religion and minorities in Tibet [File: He Penglei/CNS via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2019-07-18T025504Z_80058370_RC19582F1990_RTRMADP_3_CHINA-TIBET.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Beijing has refused to deal with the US coordinator, seeing the role as interference in its internal affairs.
![China seized control over Tibet in 1950 in what critics, led by exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, say amounts to 'cultural genocide' [File: Roman Pilipey/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/489a99e12a3f4594852816fbf8d1f407_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Chinese leader tells senior Communist Party officials that Beijing must plant ‘seeds of loving China’ among Tibetans.
![The March 1959 revolt by Tibetans against China was brutally put down with estimates of tens of thousands of people killed by Chinese troops [File: How Hwee Young/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/a9c5253b33dd4ddbafeb127f02dff17e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Beijing urges Washington to stop interfering in ‘internal affairs’ after US imposed travel bans on Chinese officials.
![Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali says requests for talks with India were made in November and December last year, and again in May [Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/c1cba46b28fe4d55bc9a6487ba8cd38b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Dispute began after India’s inauguration of a Himalayan road that lies at a three-way junction with Tibet and China.
![The Dalai Lama on May 14, 1995, identified Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama [File: Lluis Gene/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/f795a0a2441a41068e0fb16684f55c29_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Top US diplomat’s call comes 25 years after six-year-old monk was seized and has since never been seen in public.
![Soldiers stand at attention before a wreath laying ceremony at the Monument to the People''s Heroes in Tiananmen Square, marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People''s Republic of China. [Thomas Peter/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/f2db2ca360934ad7847d34edd2b4adf2_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Key events from the past 70 years – from the foundation of the People’s Republic in 1949 to the present day.
![China has repeatedly denied involvement in cyberattacks or any mistreatment of its minorities [Next Animation Studio 2019 via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/90b3b06aa45c477e95f75485cc61ce4a_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Chinese hackers posing as human rights workers or journalists went after Tibetan officials using WhatsApp messages.
Hundreds of people joined the Dala Lama in the Indian city of Dharamsala to celebrate his 84th birthday.
![A disenchanted new generation has emerged calling for greater political representation [Angel Martinez/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/b45a0b4e5117487488f326c30ab7f791_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The March 1959 Tibetan revolt was brutally put down with estimates of tens of thousands killed by Chinese troops.
![A Tibetan chains himself during a protest held to mark the 60th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in New Delhi, India, March 10, 2019 [Adnan Abidi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/4a315e35c84f4e7cbaadea2ad61fcce4_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Tibetans sought refuge in India from the Chinese invasion 60 years ago, but face economic uncertainty and mistreatment.