China is no different. In fact there are NO countries in the world immune to the “you displaced a previous civilization” argument. They’ve all done it.
Tibet was de facto independent for a while, but it re-joined China voluntarily circa 1950. About 10 years later, with some help from western agitation and assets, the theocratic ruling class felt too threatened by development empowering their serf population and sought to secede in order to maintain their fiefdom. Mao sent in the PLA and crushed the secessionist revolt.
You really can’t “no u” this one because of Imperial China, the PRC’s claim to Tibet is completely valid. You’d probably have more luck trying with Xinjiang, though evidently that is viewed as slightly played-out now.
Well that headline would be pretty damn accurate!
China is no different. In fact there are NO countries in the world immune to the “you displaced a previous civilization” argument. They’ve all done it.
The only people China has displaced from Tibet is an entire theocratic class of pedophile priests who kept the people in literal serfdom
Edit: Actually I just reread this and it looks like they kicked out the landlords too
Tibet was de facto independent for a while, but it re-joined China voluntarily circa 1950. About 10 years later, with some help from western agitation and assets, the theocratic ruling class felt too threatened by development empowering their serf population and sought to secede in order to maintain their fiefdom. Mao sent in the PLA and crushed the secessionist revolt.
You really can’t “no u” this one because of Imperial China, the PRC’s claim to Tibet is completely valid. You’d probably have more luck trying with Xinjiang, though evidently that is viewed as slightly played-out now.
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