China and The Repression of Tibet

China and The Repression of Tibet

It was so easy for China to try and take over Tibet just based on their location. They were so close together it made it hard for Tibet to try and get away, while China was chasing them down.

On October 7, 1950 over 30,000 troops invaded Tibet. The Tibetan government was forced to surrender to the Chinese government because in that same year, 250,000 troops invaded Tibet. In 1951, Tibet and Beijing signed the “Seventeen Point Agreement”. This was meant to not let China get to powerful in Tibet. It said that the Chinese government would not take power away from the Dalai Lama, and that freedom and religion in Tibet would not be compromised. They also hoped that the school system and education would improve in Tibet. Though slowly, the Chinese started to back out on their word. They started taking a tighter hold on the Tibetans. The Chinese government slowly started to take control of the newspaper, radio, banks and most food shops. Eventually, the Chinese government had control of most jobs of government officials and teachers. They also started to destroy their monasteries where they practiced religion. Also, many Tibetans were being held for two to three months in jail, without ever knowing what they were being charged with. This has definitely compromised most of the Tibetan human rights.

Millions of Tibetan children are currently living in a society that is not free to live the way they want too. They are living in a government that doesn’t allow them to let their dreams be heard. Every generation of Tibetans always hope that the worst is over, and they are working towards a better life, when in reality, nobody’s voices are getting heard, so what is going to happen to their future?

On the flag of Tibet there is a snow covered mountain with a suns rays shining in all different directions, which represents the equality of enjoyment, freedom, spiritual, and material happiness spread throughout their homeland.

The human rights and polices of Tibet by 1949 and the Nuremburg Laws of 1935 were resulted with very similar problems. The impact of these laws and human rights drastically effected and destroyed the Jew’s and Tibetans population. For instance 1.4 million Tibetans and 6 million Jew’s were killed as a result of these laws. Also, when China invaded Tibet in 1949, Tibet lost its freedom of being an independent country. The people of Tibet lost their freedom of speech, religion and culture. Even their identities were gradually decaying by the Chinese. This was just like the Nuremberg laws for the Jewish, except it was named the “Seventeen Point Agreement” for the Tibetans. One of the laws was the Law for Protection of German Blood and Honor. This deprived Jew’s and non-Jew’s of marriage, employing pregnant women, and forbade Jew’s from having German Flags. Another Nuremburg Law was the Reich Citizenship Law this law took away German Jew’s citizenship and rights. Then by 1950 the Chinese communist conquered the Tibet government and did away with the previous government, headed by the Tibetans spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. In conclusion the German government forced the Nazis to obey their harsh laws, and the Tibetans were forced to obey the Chinese government, and to live by their laws.

Many Americans are working hard to make others aware of the problems effecting Tibet today. Many Tibet natives are very thankful for this, but when I found this picture the caption under it said,” The only problem is that we have to show a few hundred million more people this sign and then were done.” On the other side of the cartoon, Tibet is trying to fight off China with its mouth open, meaning they’d rather fight verbally. They believe in the Dali Lama which means they are peace makers. Obviously, they don’t want to fight, but in the picture, they have weapons, but they aren’t very elite. China is ready to kill off any Tibetan that stands in their way, with no problem. Although people are becoming more aware of Tibet’s situation, what it all comes down to is that we are not the ones that have to live with the “Seventeen Point Agreement”, and we are not living in poverty, nor do we have to be forced to conform to a society that we don’t really belong to.Tibetins do, and we should be helping them more actively, not just by waving around some sign, but by really talking to people and make them aware of what is going on.

Many of these Tibetan people were tortured and killed for no reason at all. It was from having peaceful demonstrations, any form of a protest, speeches, and writings ended up in the Chinese government intervening and arresting and torturing many Tibetan people. The chances for the Tibetan people ever to be released were slim to none. There are reports of people being interrogated by extreme measures, whether it was from the electric chair or cattle prods which can conduct a large amount of electrical current into a person’s mouth for no apparent reason. In conclusion, many people of Tibet were either brutally tortured, or killed for no apparent reason whatsoever.

The repression in Tibet began in 1949 when the Chinese government invaded Central Tibet with over 250,000 troops. The result of this now is that Tibet is no longer a free country. They are no longer allowed to practice religion. They are definitely a minority in their own country, because many Tibetan people have been killed. They do not have their own businesses any longer because China has taken those over as well. They always have to be nervous that “spies” from the Chinese government are watching them. In conclusion, Tibet no longer has its freedom or any rights at all.

Millions of Tibetans were being killed because they didn’t want to conform to the Chinese government’s new laws. Tibet wanted to be free to live and worship how ever they wanted, without being told what to do. Obviously, the Chinese didn’t like that the Tibetans were trying to free themselves from the society that everyone else was conforming to. The Chinese felt the need to take away all f the Tibetans rights, and while they wee at it, decided the only thing to do was to kill off all to the Tibetans to keep them under control.

There hasn’t been any real conclusion to this problem in Tibet. Though, now there are many organizations such as “students for a free Tibet” who are trying to make people more aware of what’s going on in Tibet, and what other people can do to help make the situation better. Also, different organizations have been writing different letters asking leaders of different countries if they will help out with the situation in Tibet. In conclusion, there might possibly be a change happening in Tibet in the near future if people continue to try to get help for the people of Tibet.

Julie, Jenna, Jamie, Erica.......PD 2

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