Summary: The Annexation Of Tibet

“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.” (Buddah) in this paper I will explain how not only Chinas suzerainty and subsequent annexation of Tibet, has influenced Tibet and its environment as well as western perspective on the issue but also how globalization and the march for modernity have contributed to this. what originally started as a relationship between conqueror and the conquered when the Mongols led by Kublai Khan invaded china and Tibet and established the yuan dynasty, centuries later the then Qing dynasty then established a sporadic protectorate with Tibet starting from 1720 onwards a relationship that eventually began to vex the Chinese in 1792 who were considering …show more content…
Protests in the form of immolations have been publicized by the Chinese media as criminal activities thus turning acts of suicide, that are the result of frustration over not being heard, into acts of deviance. Educational opportunities are largely out of reach for Tibetan children and adults due to 46% of the Tibetan population has no schooling as well as widespread poverty throughout the TAR this contributes to high illiteracy rates in the TAR compared to other regions of china. Much can be said about the Chinese impact on the Tibetan environment and ecology of the Tibetan plateau has been nothing if not substantial though equal blame can be placed on necessity, modernity, industrialization and economic expansion. Even so much like we have seen in previous examples with chines suzerainty over Tibet the Chinese government and population develop much at the expense of the mostly rural Tibetans whose traditional methods of subsistence farming and nomadic lifestyles are eradicated in a cultural purge where the