Last month saw the 50th anniversary of what Tibetan activists like to call Tibetan National Uprising Day, the day in 1959 when Tibetans in Lhasa revolted against Chinese Communist party rule.

• 上个月是1959年西藏人在拉萨反抗中国共产党统治的日子五十周年，西藏活动分子称之为西藏民族起义日。