1. Ravikanya Prapharsavat
Modern World History
MODERN WORLD RESEARCH- TIBET
Today Tibet is part of the People’s Republic of China, however most of the world called it Tibet,
because the country wants to be independence. Currently, Beijing and the government of Tibet in exile
disagree over when Tibet became a part of china, and whether the incorporation into China of Tibet is
legitimate, according to international law. Since then Tibet is a matter if much debate neither its size nor
population are simple matters of fact, due to various entities claiming differing parts of the area as a
Tibetan region.
In the history of Tibet, it has been an independent country, it is divided into different countries,
and a part of China each for a certain amount of time. Tibet was ruled by a king in the seventh century,
but then the government nominally headed by the Dalai Lamas, which is a spiritual leaders, ruled a large
portion of Tibet region at various times from the 1640s to 1950s. The 13th
Dalai Lama proclaimed Tibet
independent in 1913, but it was not accepted by China. However Tibet was not recognizing by any
country as an independent nation. The communist party of China gained control of central and western
Tibet in 1960s.
Before 1959, the present extent of the Tibet Autonomous Region was ruled by the government
of Tibet headed by the Dalai Lama. Other parts of historic Tibet were not under the administration of
the Tibetan government during the 20th century. In 1950, the Chinese Army invaded the Tibetan area of
Chamdo, crushing minimal resistance in the village. In 1951, the Tibetan representatives, under Chinese
military pressure, signed a seventeen point agreement with the Chinese Central People’s Government
affirming China’s sovereignty over Tibet. The agreement was ratified in Lhasa a few months later.
Tibetan exiles trained in a CIA camp in Colorado clashed with Chinese forces in 1959 during the
celebration of the Tibetan New Year, after which the 14th Dalai Lama, with CIA help, went into political
exile in India. After 1959, the CIA trained Tibetan guerrillas and provided funds and weapons for the
fight against China. However, the effort stopped when Richard Nixon decided to seek rapprochement
with China in the early 1970s.
The Dalai Lama returned to Tibet from India in July 1912 (after the fall of the Qing dynasty), and
expelled the Amban and all Chinese troops. In 1913, the Dalai Lama issued a proclamation that stated
that the relationship between the Chinese emperor and Tibet "had been that of patron and priest and
had not been based on the subordination of one to the other." "We are a small, religious, and
independent nation," the proclamation continued. For the next thirty-six years, Tibet enjoyed the factor
of independence while China endured its War era, civil war, and World War II. Some Chinese sources
argue that Tibet was still part of China throughout this period. From now many people are putting
campaign of “Free Tibet” even though there are some arguments over if Tibet will be a part of China, the
debate is still going on.

2. Work Cited
“Free Tibet” Free Tibet Campaign 2008, http://www.freetibet.org/
“Tibet” Wikipedia May 8, 2009, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet
“Regions and Territories: Tibet” BBC NEWS, 26 November 2008,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/4152353.stm