The paper discusses the recent developments in Tibet on the year 2011, which marked teh 60th anniversary of its incorporation into the People´s Republic of China. It focuses on the new wave of anti-Chinese protests in Eastern Tibet, where a series of self-immolations highlighted the lasting tensions between the Tibetans and the Chinese state. The author mentions also the transformation of the exiled Central Tibetan Administration which resulted in the election of Lobsang Sangay to prime minister in April 2011 and the public announcement of the 14th Dalai Lama to retire from his political post. The author argues that the new generations of Chinese leaders (personified by the current Vice-President Xi Jinping) will be unwilling to modify the hard-line policy in Tibetan areas and the post-14th Dalai Lama scenario may lead to further escalation of the conflict between significant parts of the Tibetan population and Chinese authorities., Martin Slobodník., and Obsahuje seznam literatury