The signing of the Seventeen-Point agreement was later contested as invalid in the Tibetan exile community, who charged that the Tibet delegates were forced to sign under duress and that the Chinese allegedly used forged Tibetan government seals.
Underskrivelsen af ​​Syttenpunkts-overenskomsten blev senere anfægtet som værende ugyldig i den tibetanske eksil samfund, der har hævdet, at Tibets delegerede blev pressede til at underskrive under tvang, og at kineserne angiveligt brugte forfalskede tibetanske regeringssegl.