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Tibet        UK / USA

Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory

known as the "roof of the world",

is governed as part of China.

Historically, Tibet was made up of three major areas

- U-Tsang, Amdo and Kham. While most of U-Tsang

is in China's self-defined Tibet Autonomous Region,

the other two lie outside it.

Tibet's history includes periods

when it was an independent entity and other times

when it was ruled by powerful Chinese and Mongolian dynasties.

Beijing claims a centuries-old sovereignty over Tibet.

However, this Chinese view of imperial rule

over Tibet spanning many centuries

is disputed by exiled Tibetan communities and rights groups.

The allegiances of many Tibetans lie

with the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama,

who is seen by his followers as a living god

but by Beijing as a separatist threat.

In 1950,

China sent in thousands of troops

to enforce its claim on Tibet.

In 1959, after a failed anti-Chinese uprising,

the Dalai Lama fled and set up a government in exile

in India.

Many of Tibet's monasteries were destroyed

during China's Cultural Revolution.

Thousands of Tibetans are believed to have been killed

during periods of repression and martial law.

While Tibetans' standard of living has greatly improved,

Tibet remains tightly controlled by Chinese authorities.

BBC - 10 January 2025

https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cywd23g0gr0t

https://www.theguardian.com/world/
tibet

https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cywd23g0gr0t

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/destination/
tibet

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/09/
world/asia/tibet-china-boarding-schools.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/
china-build-worlds-largest-hydropower-dam-tibet-2024-12-26/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-68492043 - 10 March 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/06/
dalai-lama-urges-people-to-get-covid-vaccine-
after-having-first-dose

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/10/
776052182/who-will-decide-on-the-dalai-lamas-successor-
his-supporters-or-beijing

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/23/
730718588/tsampa-the-tibetan-cereal-that-helped-spark-an-uprising

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/world/asia/
nun-sets-herself-on-fire-to-protest-chinese-rule-in-tibet.html

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/
exiled-children-of-tibet/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/
opinion/the-price-of-damming-tibets-rivers.html

https://www.npr.org/2008/04/11/
89552004/tibetan-sovereignty-has-a-long-disputed-history

https://www.npr.org/2008/03/14/
88236362/anti-china-protest-becomes-violent-in-tibet

https://www.npr.org/1997/10/30/
1037594/tibet-history - October 30, 1997

Tibetan plateau

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/
china-build-worlds-largest-hydropower-dam-tibet-2024-12-26/

Yarlung Zangbo River

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/
china-build-worlds-largest-hydropower-dam-tibet-2024-12-26/

Dalai Lama

https://www.theguardian.com/world/
dalailama

Dalai Lama > India > Dharamshala

The Dalai Lama made Dharamshala

his headquarters in 1959,

fleeing Tibet after a failed uprising

against Chinese rule.

China does not recognise the Tibetan government-in-exile

and accuses the Dalai Lama of seeking to separate Tibet

from China.

The Dalai Lama denies being a separatist

and says he merely advocates for substantial autonomy

and protection of the region’s native Buddhist culture.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/06/
dalai-lama-urges-people-to-get-covid-vaccine-after-having-first-dose

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