Tibetans in exile slam new Serf's Emancipation Day holiday

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Updated January 21, 2009 22:11:26

China has announced a new annual holiday in Tibet called Serf's Emancipation Day, which commemorates the end of what Beijing says was a system of feudal oppression. But Tibetan groups in exile see things differently. They say that when China assumed control of Tibet it was the start of a brutal occupation.

Presenter: David Wang
Speaker: Tenzin Atisha, Tibetan government in exile, Australia representative; Dr John Powers, Australian National University

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