Tibet Dbq Essay

In the September of 1949, a radio broadcast was sent out saying that Tibet was a part of China and that anyone who disagreed would “Crack his skull against the mailed fist of the PLA [People’s Liberation Army]” This marked the beginning of a shift in the history of both Tibet and China, where China successfully takes control of Tibet which has lasted until present day. For the past half century, this control has been a hotly debated question, bringing into question whether or not China should truly be the ruling power in the region. In the 1950s China took over Tibet under the pretense of liberating the region and improving Tibet as a whole. However, since then, Chinese actions have been widely regarded as oppressive and discriminatory towards the Tibetan people. This begs the question of how the Chinese took over and why they wanted control in the area. While improving the lives of Tibetans as well as society, China’s motivation for the takeover of Tibet was a ploy to try and win public Tibetan support until China had solidified …show more content…
Posters were put up informing the Tibetans that they were being freed from imperialist oppression. These posters tried to reassure people and give them confidence in the Chinese government. A Chinese internal party report gives a more formal justification of the events of the events.
“Tibet and the motherland have had a close, inseparable relationship since a long time ago. Tibet is one part of the territory of our great motherland. However, after the Republican Revolution (1911), Tibet’s rulers, who were controlled and manipulated by imperialists, abandoned the motherland and went to rely on the imperialists. To a great extent, imperialists controlled Tibet, signed unfair treaties and gained great privilege in the spheres of politics, economics, and military. Also they took numerous pieces of territory from the border area of