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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledges greater freedoms in Tibet, hours after two protesters are killed demanding the end of Chinese rule in the region; seven officials are also sacked for "neglecting state duties".
2012-02-10

A Tibetan monk is shot dead in Sichuan, China, in the second violent clash this week as unrest spreads.
2012-01-25

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping says the Chinese government will "smash" attempts for an independent Tibet in a speech outside the Potala Palace.
2011-07-19

China denies claims by the United Nations that 300 Tibetan monks have forcibly disappeared over the past three months.
2011-06-9

Police in China raid a Tibetan monastery in Sichuan, killing two people according to a rights group.
2011-04-23

Three Tibetan Buddhist monks are unaccounted for after being sentenced to long prison terms by Chinese authorities earlier this year for participating in a peaceful protest march by Drepung monastery monks in 2008.
2010-12-22

Protests by Tibetan students against a new language policy making Chinese the official teaching language spread in China, with a demonstration taking place at the Minzu University of China in Beijing.
2010-10-22

The People's Republic of China reports an outbreak of the plague in Tibet, with 5 people infected and 1 fatality.
2010-09-26

China jails Tibetan environmentalist Karma Samdrup on charges of stealing from tombs.
2010-06-25