Serfs had to pay high interest on their debts by doing corvee (unpaid labor) or by selling their own children. A certificate, written in the old form of the Tibetan language, used before 1959 and ...

As the offspring of a serf, Phurbu Lhamo, mother of Penpa Lhamo, was born into the same fate, and began to work for the Tibetan nobility since she was six. After the democratic reform, serfs and ...

In old Xizang, Palmo's life was fraught with hardship. From the age of 15, she was forced to work for serf owners day and night in the county. Basic foods such as tsampa, a traditional Tibetan staple ...

"The democratic reform in Xizang completely shattered the feudal serfdom system that had enslaved the Tibetan people for thousands of years, and millions of serfs decisively bid farewell to the ...

Although the serfs in Xizang gained their freedom in ... they claim that we forcibly changed the traditional way of life of the Tibetan people. What kind of traditional life do they want?

To refute the allegation of the Dalai clique that "the Chinese government is abandoning the Tibetan language step by step," the Information Office of the State Council released a 5,000-character ...

For example, the Tibetan language is widely used in publishing ... reform and the transformative liberation of millions of serfs in Xizang. "We now enjoy abundant food and clothing, and we ...

As the offspring of a serf, Phurbu Lhamo, mother of Penpa Lhamo, was born into the same fate, and began to work for the Tibetan nobility since she was six. From regaining freedom and becoming the ...