What You Need To Know About China's Occupation of Tibet
Genocide and human rights
Since 1950, an estimated 1.2 million Tibetans have been killed by the Chinese.
China has ratified a number of UN conventions, including those related to
torture and racial discrimination, and yet has repeatedly violated these in
China and Tibet.
Education
Chinese has replaced Tibetan as the official language. Young Tibetans are being
re-educated about their cultural past, with references to an independent Tibet
being omitted.
Lack of religious freedom
The 1982 Constitution of the People's Republic of China guarantees freedom of
religious belief, but China seeks to restrict the numbers of monks and nuns
entering monasteries and to discredit the religious authority of Dalai Lama.
The child recognised as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama was rejected and
the Chinese installed their own candidate.
Resource exploitation
China's predominant interest in Tibet is no longer ideological, but is based
on resource extraction and land for Chinese colonists.
Mining and mineral extraction is the largest economic activity in both U'Tsang
and Amdo and at least one-half of Tibet's natural forest has gone since Chinese
occupation.
Chinese migration
Long-term Chinese settlement in Tibet has been deliberately encouraged, with the
result that Tibetans are in the minority in many areas.
Independent research puts the number of Chinese in the TAR at 5 - 5.5 million
versus 4.5 million Tibetans; in Kham and Amdo, Chinese outnumber Tibetans many
times over.
Chinese traders are favoured by lower tax assessments and the dominant position
of Chinese in government administration.
Genocide and human rights
Since 1950, an estimated 1.2 million Tibetans have been killed by the Chinese.
China has ratified a number of UN conventions, including those related to
torture and racial discrimination, and yet has repeatedly violated these in
China and Tibet.
Education
Chinese has replaced Tibetan as the official language. Young Tibetans are being
re-educated about their cultural past, with references to an independent Tibet
being omitted.
Lack of religious freedom
The 1982 Constitution of the People's Republic of China guarantees freedom of
religious belief, but China seeks to restrict the numbers of monks and nuns
entering monasteries and to discredit the religious authority of Dalai Lama.
The child recognised as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama was rejected and
the Chinese installed their own candidate.
Resource exploitation
China's predominant interest in Tibet is no longer ideological, but is based
on resource extraction and land for Chinese colonists.
Mining and mineral extraction is the largest economic activity in both U'Tsang
and Amdo and at least one-half of Tibet's natural forest has gone since Chinese
occupation.
Chinese migration
Long-term Chinese settlement in Tibet has been deliberately encouraged, with the
result that Tibetans are in the minority in many areas.
Independent research puts the number of Chinese in the TAR at 5 - 5.5 million
versus 4.5 million Tibetans; in Kham and Amdo, Chinese outnumber Tibetans many
times over.
Chinese traders are favoured by lower tax assessments and the dominant position
of Chinese in government administration.
by Dalai Lama August 21, 2005
Tibet is a confusing word because it has many different meanings and is therefore controversial. It generally means the region taking atleast half to most of the Tibetan Plateau depending on how you ask. It is also an ethnic region in Asia similar to China, Korea, Burma, Japan, etc. The people are primarily Buddhist and have a strong monastic tradition. The closest other nation you can compare Tibet to is probably Mongolia. The most famous guy from Tibet is the Dalai Lama who is seen as the most important religious figure for the Tibetan religion but he is very much loathed by the Chinese government. This is a neutral fact.
The most important thing about Tibet is that it's the most petty and stupid subject to get angry about and upvote/downvote (depending on where you politically stand) on urban dictionary, the website that is dedicated to being as unacademic as humanly possible. Fuck you if you're one of these people. Fuck you.
The most important thing about Tibet is that it's the most petty and stupid subject to get angry about and upvote/downvote (depending on where you politically stand) on urban dictionary, the website that is dedicated to being as unacademic as humanly possible. Fuck you if you're one of these people. Fuck you.
Tibet has mountains.
by Mountain Chink November 23, 2017
Tibet was an independent country but in 1959 China invaded and annexed it, killing 1 million people and destroying 1800 temples. Of course the United Nations did nothing.
Why the U.N. didn't do anything to free Tibet from china?
Because they were too busy passing resolutions against Israel
Because they were too busy passing resolutions against Israel
by fuckTheUN August 22, 2003
A phrase uttered by those completely ignorant of history. Little does the speaker know that the Dalai Lama's reign in Tibet was plagued with slavery and abuse of his people, so long as they weren't Gelug Tibetan Buddhists (the Dalai Lama's sect).
Ignorant Protester: Free Tibet!
Intelligent man/woman: While Chinese rule in Tibet has been bad, it's nothing compared to what Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, did to Tibet
Ignorant Protester: The government is messing with your hand man! You don't know nothing dude!
Intelligent man/woman: While Chinese rule in Tibet has been bad, it's nothing compared to what Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, did to Tibet
Ignorant Protester: The government is messing with your hand man! You don't know nothing dude!
by BlackTokyo April 25, 2009
An over used catchphrase especially in the West. See pop culture
Im not pro China and its undeniable that China has a poor track record when it comes to human rights.
However, 99 out of 100 people ever used this catchphrase is either oblivious of the true situation in Tibet, or refuses to acknowledge the fact that in other parts of the world, human rights abuse perpetrated by the American government is far worse. Not forgetting the body count of course.
Usage of this term is particularly popular with attention-hungry celebrities and teenage kids who cant even locate Tibet on the map.
Im not pro China and its undeniable that China has a poor track record when it comes to human rights.
However, 99 out of 100 people ever used this catchphrase is either oblivious of the true situation in Tibet, or refuses to acknowledge the fact that in other parts of the world, human rights abuse perpetrated by the American government is far worse. Not forgetting the body count of course.
Usage of this term is particularly popular with attention-hungry celebrities and teenage kids who cant even locate Tibet on the map.
Redneck :
Those friggin chinks! President Bush should liberate Tibet the American way- by sending our kids over there and killing every single chink! Free Tibet !
Someone with brains :
Lets not forget Iraq, Afghanistan and West Bank. Just because China does not have major interests in those places doesnt mean the people there dont deserve any international attention.
Redneck :
Screw them!
Those friggin chinks! President Bush should liberate Tibet the American way- by sending our kids over there and killing every single chink! Free Tibet !
Someone with brains :
Lets not forget Iraq, Afghanistan and West Bank. Just because China does not have major interests in those places doesnt mean the people there dont deserve any international attention.
Redneck :
Screw them!
by ottowe August 8, 2008
A phrase describing an idea that is poorly thought out. First used in the Mission district of San Francisco.
by Krankiboy May 19, 2007