What Is The Invasion Of Tibet Dbq Essay

In 1950, China forced Tibet to be part of the People’s Republic of China. The People’s Republic of China was created by Mao Zedong, he wanted it to become the “the people’s democratic republic”. This was not as simple as it sounds. China gave no choice to the Tibetans on whether or not they could join. China was not so considerate when doing so. China was very brutal to Tibet. What China has done to Tibet, causes them to be seen as an independent state, which is no good for Tibet. The upcoming anniversary of the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet shouldn’t be celebrated in Tibet because of the brutality caused by China, the fact Tibet is not given a choice, and how Tibet is an independent state because of the Chinese. In 1950, Chinese troops invaded Tibet, causing them to have to become part of the People’s Republic of China. An organization mainly focused on Tibetans being able to determine their own future named “Free Tibet”, claims that over 40,000 Chinese troops came into Tibet from China during the invasion. This caused the Seventeen Point Agreement which was reached on May 23, 1951, in Zhongnanhai, which is a former imperial garden in the imperial city, Beijing, …show more content…
According to the “Free Tibet” organization, thousands of Tibetan monasteries were destroyed. A monastery is a building or buildings that are occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows. More than one million Tibetans died in Mao’s era, due to torture, arbitrary arrests, and the denial of fundamental freedoms today. Mao Zedong was one of the former chairman of the communist party in China. Arbitrary arrests is when an individual of a case has no evidence towards the crime committed but is still arrested. An example of a fundamental freedom Tibetans have lost today according to Harvard University, is their own human rights. Things such as their own language not even being Tibets official language, and not being able to