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Vortrag Sun Kim - Die Tibet Frage - Sino-Tibet Dispute over Sovereignty

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Die Tibet Frage

Sino-Tibet Dispute over Sovereignty

Sun Kim (Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia, Phnom Penh)

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) claimed that Tibet had been a part of China since
the Yuan dynasty (Mongol) in China (1271-1368). However, the Tibetan leaders argued
that when the Mongol empire conquered Tibet, it also controlled China. After the PRC was
established on 1 October 1949, a new China under Chairman Mao Zedong again started to
get deeply involved in Tibet’s affairs. On 22 May 1950, the PRC declared that Tibet was
“offered” an “autonomous state” if it embraced communism. When Tibet did not accept this
offer, on 7 October 1950 the PRC sent 80,000 troops to invade and annexe Tibet and place
it as one province of China known Xizang province. On 26 October 1951, the People’s Liberal
Army (PLA) occupied Lhasa, Tibet’s capital city. There, the PLA put hard pressures on
Tibetans by trying to change their culture, tradition, and religion to catch up the ideology of
Mao or the Chinese Community Party (CCP).

Why does China exercise hard-line policy in Tibet? Are there any domestic issues forcing
the central government of the PRC not to be soft toward Tibet? Do we have to do with war
off aggression? Why are India, the US, the EU, and the UN incapable to help Tibet? And
last but not least: what is the future of Tibet?

Mittwoch,, 5.. Februar 2020 16 Uhr c.t.