西藏商务代表团的美国之行与美国对西藏政策的转变

解放战争时期的1947-1948年间,西藏当局派出以孜本·夏格巴为首的西藏商务代表团,赴印度和美国、英国等国游说西藏独立,但是无功而返。围绕对于该代表团的接待问题,南京国民政府与美国政府就西藏的地位问题发生争执。美国政府最后尊重了中方的立场,承认西藏是中国领土的一部分。整个事件的处理过程表明,在冷战的大背景下,当南京政府在全中国的统治行将覆灭之际,美国政府对于西藏的政策开始发生转变。

The American Trip of Tibetan Business Delegation and the Changes of the United States' Policy to Tibet

The Tibetan authority sent Tibet business delegation headed by Tsepon Shakabpa to India, the United States and Britain for the vain purpose of seeking support for Tibet Independence in 1947-1948, during the Chinese liberation war. A debate was then started over the status of Tibet between government of the Republic of China and that of the United States as how the latter should receive the delegation. The States eventually agreed to pay respect to Chinese attitude and acknowledged that Tibet is a part of China. The whole progress of the event showed that against the background of the cold war, the United States was considering changing its Tibet policy when the KMT's sovereign over China was drawing to a close.