| In 1206, Genghis Khan, united countless nomadic | | | | Head of State in 1950, left Tibet in 1959 and formed |
| tribes that were in northeast Asia, and thus | | | | a government in exile, operating from India. Since |
| integrated Tibet in his empire. He, as well as his | | | | then, the Chinese violated the articles of the |
| descendants, was a ruthless conqueror including | | | | agreement that had been reached. |
| captivating many countries. | | | | The Chinese government regards Tibet as a province |
| A startling event in the history of Tibet happened in | | | | of China. Immigration from China is growing and |
| the mid-1600's, for that was when the Mongols | | | | education at higher levels is conducted in the Chinese |
| permitted the Dalai Lama (a reincarnated monk who | | | | language exclusively. Monks and nuns are viewed |
| is filled with extraordinary wisdom) to actually | | | | suspiciously by the Chinese and are often subjected |
| encompass political power within Tibet. This event | | | | to beatings and incarceration. |
| happened after the Dalai Lama was named the head | | | | Strict quotas control the number of resident monks |
| of the Gelugpa order, one of the four major orders | | | | and nuns, study has been restricted and monks |
| of Tibetan Buddhism, within the 15th century. | | | | under the threat of imprisonment still involuntarily |
| China came to Tibet to establish control of it, but | | | | denounce the Dalai Lama. |
| Tibet followed with a nasty rebellion that included | | | | Today the Chinese have economic control and are |
| ridding themselves of any of the Chinese military and | | | | crowding out Tibetans. The Chinese quarters of |
| also any of its officials. | | | | towns, which are quite distinctive with their white tile |
| This led to a in which the British tried to establish | | | | and blue glass buildings, are growing larger in |
| solid boundaries via a truce. In 1918, a fierce battle | | | | comparison to Tibetan quarters. |
| took place, which caused the loss of many lives. | | | | Systematic persecution has been replaced with far |
| Strife continued but in 1950, Qamdo (Chamdo) had | | | | more sophisticated and underhanded methods, |
| been invaded by Communist Troops, and Tibet was | | | | through re-education, mass immigration and economic |
| forced to sign the "Seventeen Points Agreement on | | | | control - a repressive recipe to swallow Tibet as an |
| Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet". This | | | | independent nation and regurgitate it as a Chinese |
| was a new chapter in the history of Tibet. | | | | province. |
| The 14th Dalai Lama, who assumed powers as the | | | | |