- Xikang
Xikang or Sikang (西康省 Xīkāng Shěng), is a defunct province of the
Republic of China , comprising most of theKham region of traditionalTibet . Xikang was a "Special Administrative District" until1939 , when it became an official province. The provincial capital wasKangding .History
In May 1930 his province was invaded by the army of
Tibet . With the province locked in internal struggles, no reinforcements were sent to support theSichuan troops stationed in Xikang. As a result, the Tibetan army captured, without encountering much resistance,Garze andXinlong (Zhanhua). When a negotiated ceasefire failed, Tibet expanded the war attempting to capture parts of southern Qinghai province. In March 1932 their force invaded Qinghai but was defeated by the Qinghai warlordMa Bufang in July, routing the Tibetan army and driving it back to Xikang. The Qinghai army captured counties that had fallen into the hands of the Tibetan army since 1919. The victory on the part of the Qinghai army threatened the supply lines to the Tibetan forces in Garze and Xinlong. As a result, this part of the Tibetan army was forced to withdraw. In 1932Liu Wenhui in cooperation with the Qinghai army, sent out a brigade, to attack the Tibetan troops in Garze and Xinlong, eventually occupying them,Dege and other counties east of the Jinshajiang River.In
1950 , following the defeat of theKuomintang by the Communists in theChinese Civil War , Xikang was split along theYangtze River into Xikang to the east and a separateQamdo Territory (昌都地区) to the west. Qamdo was merged intoTibet Autonomous Region in1965 . The rest of Xikang was merged intoSichuan province in1955 .ee also
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