Original post by k_popperYes, PRC rule started in 1959. But the large influx of Chinese migrants in Tibet occurred in around the 1940s because of the fake promises he made to the Dalai Lama about helping bring about equality in Tibet. Before that, the Chinese population in Tibet wasn't as big. As i mentioned earlier, there were relations due to trade and war etc (after all, they're neighbouring countries) so there were Chinese migrations, but i dont think it was enough to constitute the whole of tibet as a part of china. Tibet had 41 kings and after that, due to the spiritual nature of the population, it was led by spiritual leaders and other nobilities. It was a bit messy. There was always interactions between china and Tibet and ocassional wars and fight over land in history, but tibet as a whole wasnt under Chinese rule. Tibetan culture wasn't that infuenced by the "Han rule". I cant see any chinese properties in most tibetan culture. But ever since 1959, they have destroyed a lot of tibetan monasteries and scriptures, language which are core to our culture. Therefore, ever since 1959, more tibetans started mixing chinese words with tibetans, using chinese goods. People were coerced into learning and speaking mandarin because otherwise, they wouldnt get a modern job. Everything is forced. People are just helplessly accepting the reality that the govt is too powerful to go against and any other country is too much of a coward to call out the CHN govt. Prior to that, the chinese influence was little in my culture...
I have read all of your posts and that is why i am countering your argument. You clearly said that assimilation is definitely working in tibet. But your claim that the suffering of tibetans is irrelevant doesn't make sense because it certainly is proof that "assimilation" isn't working. its not organic assimilation, its "forced assimilation" by the govt, basically invasion. But whatever it is (assimilation or not) it definitely isn't working because people are being killed because of it.
And don't talk about "moral high grounds". It is simply humanity. Otherwise, is it okay for them to go through imprisonment, genocide, torture and whatnot? No one deserves to suffer for wanting to voice their opinion. And the way the govt tortures the political prisinors is vulgar. I dont know how much you know, but it seems to me that there is much that you haven't heard or simply dont understand about tibet. If you have gone through all that, why do you act like the policies are working. It is not assimilation. The govt is just forcing everyone to do as they say. If they dont control the people that much, we would probably hear a lot more people voicing their distatste of the policies.