in 1950, tibet, at that time an independant country, got
invaded and occupied by the PRC ....
in recent weeks, tibetans have been protesting on the streets,
and are being put down by force ... scores are being killed on the
streets ....
and some here (including citizens of the latter which are
understandly pissed at what they perceive to be criticisms of their
own country's atrocities) are saying it's right to do that ....
that about sums it up ...
Get your facts right first.
Tibet was not an independent country in 1950.
Go back to history, Tibet was ruled by emperors for many
decades but was invaded by Dzungars, the mongols in 1717. Emperor
Kangxi sent two military expeditions to drive the mongols out in
1718 and 1720, and installed the 7th Dalai Lama with administrative
power in 1751.
Again 1788 and 1791, Tibet was invaded twice
by the Nepalese who were repelled by the Qing Government. During
this period of time, Tibet was already part of China, otherwise why
do you think the Qing Dynasty would send soldiers to defend
them.
In 1904, with the decline of the Qing
dynasty, the British invaded Tibet forcing a treaty to allow free
passes for British and Indians into Tibet. "Despite the
mutual agreement, the British expedition did take the lives of a
few thousand unprepared Tibetan soldiers and civilians. The biggest
massacre took place on March 31, 1904 at a mountain pass halfway to
Gyantse near a village called Guru…" But even the Brits, they
recognized Tibet as part of China. In the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907,
drafted by the British, Britain recognized the “suzerainty of China
over Thibet" and, in conformity with such admitted principle,
engaged "not to enter into negotiations with Tibet except through
the intermediary of the Chinese Government."
Read what else after that, but basically
after going through WW2 and civil war, PRC was consolidating its
territory and Tibet uprising in 1950 was met with brutal
suppression.
The history of Tibet with China may not go
back as long as the Jews with Palestine, and the relationship
between the Tibetan and Chinese may not be as complicated as that
between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but you cannot just
start the world from 1950 and ignore what happened
before.
