The Drepung Monastery in Lhasa has the capacity to look for the exiled spiritual leader’s successor under Beijing’s supervision, Tibetology researcher says.
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Tibet was already an autonomous part of China under the Qing Dynasty, so I’m not sure what you mean by annexed. It still is an autonomous region, but what the current government did was to end the practice of enslavement and sacrifice of Tibetans and guarantee education and healthcare to all, rather than those being restricted to the priestly class.
It’s telling the Chinese conquered Tibet in the 50’s, but didn’t get around to dismantling the social system till the 70’s. They then make exaggerated claims about slavery half a century later as a justification. I know they had a pretty restrictive system of serfdom going on, but it was a far cry from what people imagine when you say slavery.
Then, as icing on the cake they get a moron like you to parrot their bullshit. I won’t paint the CCP as evil, but let’s keep a grip here.
They conquered it because they could. They’ve since been busy colonizing it with as many Han people as they can on a scale that’s nothing short of breath taking in its scope and scale.
Tibet was considered the last feudal system on earth. 98% of the population lived short, miserable lives. The priesthood was allowed to kidnap children and force them into service at any time. The punishment for crimes such as stealing food was severing hands and making them wear it around their neck. Literacy was near non-existent. Human rights were entirely non-existent. You clearly haven’t put much research into how the conditions were within the country, if you think anything I said above was exaggerated. The central government offered to maintain the priesthood as the seat of power, if they would end the practices of serfdom and allow education and land reform, among other things. The priesthood refused and organized militias to kill PLA soldiers who were teaching the people skills and providing food for the massively malnourished population.
You’ve clearly been swallowing CCP propaganda and calling it research.
Just because the boot is giving them nice things doesn’t mean it’s not on their necks.