Tibet Essay -- Country Government Essays

TibetAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to give a descriptive account of the current atrocities being enforced by the Communist Chinese in the unlawfully booked state of Tibet and the events, political and militant, that gave rise to these events since Communist Invasion and occupation in 1959. I visualize to give a brief description of the political, legal, and military issues as well as the human rights violations that have occurred since 1959. This paper will convey my deep insolence towards human suffering, especially genocide and the apathetic response to it, the highest atrocity of man in my opinion. Facts about Tibet.14,000 feet above sea level, high in the Himalayan Mountains lies Tibet, an occupied colony of the Peoples Republic of chinaware. This small state consists of 6,000,000 Tibetans, 99% of whom illegally practice Tibetan Buddhism, called Mahatlayan, and an undetermined number of Chinese colonists. The national language is Tibetan, though the impudent official language is Chinese. The economy is maintained by agricultural and animal husbandry, practiced by the Tibetans, and governmental commerce and service, practiced by the Chinese, who are straight off estimated to outnumber the native Tibetans. There are, in a sense, two governments of Tibet. The first is the Communist regime, headed by Party officials. The second is the government-in-exile being held in Dharamsala, in northern India, a stateless republic led by the Dalai Lama. Overview of Chinese Invasion and Destruction of Tibet 1949-1959.During the establishment of a new Communist government in 1959, China sent an expeditionary force to Tibet in 1959. Tibet was forced to sign a treaty that acknowledged Chinese sovereignty over Tibet, though Ti... ...cMillian. 1960. Goldstein, Melvyn. History of ripe Tibet, 1913-1951. London, University of California Press 1989. United States House Committee on International Relations Current status on negotiations between the Tibetan government in exile and the Peoples Republic of China Hearing before the C.I.R., House of Representatives, 105th Congress, November 6th, 1997, Released by Washington U.S.G.P.O., 1998. Chinas Public Relations Strategy on Tibet www.afn.org/afn20372/pol/bp.html (5-4-09) Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html (5-4-09) Home Page of Tibet www.omni.cc.purdue.edu/wtu/tibet/Welcome.html (5-4-09) Tibet www.asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/tibet/ (5-4-09) In the Court of His Holiness The Dalai Lama www.tibet.com/ (5-4-09)