1943: UK affirms independence.
1947: UK mission moved to India.
1950: Red China invades Tibet.
1955: Kham detached from Tibet.
1956: Tibetans begin revolt.
1957: US arms Tibetan resistance.
1959: Dalai Lama flees.
1966-69: Temples destroyed.
1971: US cuts off aid to resistance.
1974: Nepal forces resistance out.
1979: China allows delegation.
1982: "brutal and inhuman."
1987: Police fire on demonstration.
1988: "merciless repression".
1989: Peace Prize; martial law.
1992: Purge of party members.
1995: Panchen Lama denounced.
1999: Chinese premier visits Britain.
2000: Protest against World Bank.
2004: Blair won't meet Dalai Lama.