Divided Tibet: from rhetoric to reality

... say that the Tibetan problem has its roots in China’s geopolitical initiatives in Central Asia. Back in the 50-ies a purposeful repartition of previously independent Tibet took place: central Tibet, which became part of the People’s Republic of China, was transformed into Tibetan Autonomous Region, and its two outlying territories became part of China’s provinces Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu. Uncompromising struggle of Chinese political leadership with “Tibetan serfdom system and vestiges of feudalism” in 1960-1970-s,...