Why Tibet wants its independence from China

by Ted Sherman

Why does Tibet want independence from China? How about a similar question. Why did America want its independence from England in 1776? The people of Tibet consider themselves politically, ethnically and culturally differen...read more

by Nicole Parris

With the exception of a few decades in its 2,000 year history, Tibet had always been an independently operating state. They were a deeply spiritual people whose art, music and architecture all drew from their Buddhist reli...read more

by Paul Lines

To understand why Tibet wants independence from China one has to delve a little into its history. Until 1959 Tibet was an independent peace loving country, as it had been for most of the previous millenniums before that...read more

by Sande Waybill

How would you like it if an authority marched in on your home and started to make demands upon you - telling you how to live your life, what you could watch on TV, which religion you had to follow and how? Obviously, it is...read more

by John Devera

This is a particularly annoying, condescending and insulting question. Tibet wants independece because it is a different nation, with a different culture. Besides, who doesn't want independence? A better question, at le...read more

by Chaz Z.

Everywhere I look, I see the ancient lies of China and communism once again winning minds simply by persistent re-utterance of those lies. Study the Tibetan history, (NOT according to China) and you will find, Tibet was, i...read more

by Tim Horton

Tibetan independence - product of the interest of the imperialists The 14th Dalai Lama in his early years pointed out, "It was the imperialists who, taking advantage of the Tibetan people's antipathy to the Qing Dynasty a...read more

by Betsy Young

Tibetans want a free Tibet to have what has been their independence for thousands of years. A language both written and spoken that is unique, a distinct culture and an independent government. All of these, characteristic...read more

by Melba Dagan

Tibet is a beautiful country of mountains that stretch to the sky and valleys that are full of lush vegetation and people. It was, and still is to the degree possible, a Buddhist country that adheres to the ideals of peac...read more

by David David

I'm from China - My English is not so good,but after I read the article,I have to said something.I cannot be silence,and I have to consult a dictionary. Why didn't the US government abet Tibet to be independent from...read more

by Pauline Bleach

The last of an occupied generation, Why China will never conquer Tibet. "We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. - Winston Churchill" Time passes and generations forget. My Grandmother...read more

by Tenebris

For over two thousand years Tibet has operated as a distinct, self-governing nation-state, with its own unique language, system of writing, and culture. It even has its own distinct Bon religion, which has strongly influen...read more

by Raymond Yeung

Why Tibet wants its independent from China? The answer is very simple. Nobody wants to be reined by other people. There are six million Tibetans in China and two million of them are in Xi Zhang (Tibet in Chinese) Autonomou...read more

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by Ravi Nayar

Volumes can be written why Tibet is in occupation by China. Oceans of tears have been shed over the plight of this land which has so much to give all humanity - a treasure which cannot be measured in barrels of oil or tons...read more

by Larry Swinford

Pardon my sarcasm as I speak as an "Imperialist" American. I sometimes wear a shirt that I found which depicts several American plains Indians and says, "Homeland Security: Fighting terrorism since 1492." The cynical (and ...read more

by Samuel Lacks

There is an argument from China that Tibet has always been under Chinese sovereignty, so the 1959 invasion was not really an "invasion" as such, but a taking of what is rightfully theirs. The one problem with this is that ...read more

by Me-

Imagine if you will that your small family run company is bought out by a stronger competitor and they send in a new manager to get your organization up to speed. While your business was managed by family for family this n...read more