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Originally Posted by Zak64
Part of China according to the despicable corrupt brutal and oppressive Chinese government. Tibet existed as an independent nation for hundreds of years - fact. May I remind you that China conquered Tibet militarily - the Tibetans didn't ask for Chinas invasion.
Were you Tibetan you might find that to be a 'big deal'!
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It was inevitable that the nation of China that Mai created would sooner or later address unfinished business and Tibet was part of that unfinished business as is Taiwan.
For a very long time Tibet was in essence a region of greater China.
It is once more.
Get used to it.
In any case this is only realpolitik in action.
The old Dali Lama comes over as a nice guy but here again, so what?
Life is as it is, not as one might wish, and in any case it’s
NON of our business.