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Essay Archive - Is China Correct in Her Occupation of Tibet?
Is China Correct in Her Occupation of Tibet?
Despite forty years of Chinese occupation and various policies designed to incorporate Tibetans and to destroy their separate national, cultural and religious identity, the Tibetan people's determination to preserve their heritage and regain their freedom is as strong as ever. The situation has led to confrontation inside Tibet and to large Chinese propaganda efforts internationally.
China's newly established communist government sent troops to invade Tibet in 1949-50. A treaty was imposed on the Tibetan government in May of that year, acknowledging....
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