[3] The Dalai Lama stated that the Tibetan local government, ecclesiastic and secular folk, unanimously support the agreement, and will actively support the People's Liberation Army in Tibet in consolidating national defense, drive out imperialist influences from Tibet, and safeguard the unification of the territory and the sovereignty of the Motherland.

[5] Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, who led the Tibetan delegation during the agreement's negotiations, claimed that there was no duress involved.

[6][7][8] A. Tom Grunfeld pointed out that the unabashed adulation in the poem written by the 14th Dalai Lama hardly demonstrates someone unhappy with the Chinese presence in Tibet.

[12] On 1 October 1949, the 10th Panchen Lama wrote a telegraph to congratulate the Chinese communists on the liberation of the northwest and the establishment of People's Republic of China.

[14] Instead of continuing with the military campaign, China asked Tibet to send representatives to Beijing to negotiate an agreement.

[15] The Dalai Lama believes the draft agreement was written by China, and Tibetan representatives were not allowed to suggest any alterations.

[17] After Ngapo Ngawang Jigmei returned to Lhasa from Beijing, the Tibetan government convened an "official meeting" from September 26 to 29, which included all monks and lay officials, abbots of the three major monasteries, and officers of the Tibetan army above the rank of Jiaben, totaling more than 300 people.

The Tibetan local government did not oppose the imperialist deception and provocation, and adopted an unpatriotic attitude towards the great motherland.

In 1949, the Chinese People's Liberation War achieved a basic victory across the country, overthrew the common internal enemy of all ethnic groups - the Kuomintang reactionary government, and expelled the common external enemy of all ethnic groups - the imperialist aggression forces.

[20] The agreement was signed by Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, who advocated Tibetan acquiescence to China, and sealed in Beijing on 23 May 1951 and confirmed by the government in Tibet a few months later.

[2] In addition, a public announcement was made by the Dalai Lama to ratify the agreement, his acceptance also being sent to Beijing in the form of a telegram on 24 October 1951:[3] "This year, the plenipotentiary of the Tibetan Local Government, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme and other five people, arrived in Beijing at the end of April 1951 to conduct peace talks with the plenipotentiary designated by the Central People’s Government.

On the basis of friendship, representatives of the both sides signed the agreement on measures for the peaceful liberation of Tibet on 23 May 1951.

Later on June 20, a press conference was held in Mussoorie, India, where further statements were made [26] concerning Tibet's legal revocation of the agreement.

Part of the confusion derives from the fact that Ngabo had in his possession the seal of the governor of Eastern Tibet but chose not to use it.

[29] Eight years after the agreement was signed and ratified, on the path that was leading him into exile in India, the 14th Dalai Lama arrived 26 March 1959 at Lhuntse Dzong, where he repudiated the Seventeen Point Agreement as having been "thrust upon Tibetan Government and people by the threat of arms"[24] and reaffirmed his government as the only legitimate representative of Tibet.

"[30][page needed] In his essay Hidden Tibet: History of Independence and Occupation published by the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives at Dharamsala, S.L.

[33] In addition, the fourteenth point of the agreement gave China the power to usurp external affairs from Tibet.

The fourth, fifth, and sixth points in the agreement further consolidate this system, promising Tibet that China would not intervene in the Tibetan government status and politics.

Furthermore, recent cases such as the kidnapping of the chosen Penchen Lama, the nomination of the 11th Penchen Lama by the Chinese government, and the case of monks and nuns at the Dorje Drak monastery being forced to sign banners supporting Communist Party policies are further signs of Chinese influence and intervention in Tibetan politics.

[35] Lhasa Tibetan, the main indigenous language of Tibet, has undergone various periods of acceptance and promotion in schools to banishment and suppression.