Tibet was called ‘Xi-Zang’ which means western treasure in the history of China. Hence, in order to plunder the rich resources of Tibet, different monarchies of China targeted Tibet for almost 200 years. With the passage of time, various dominions or rulers changed but their eyes remained on Tibet.

Just after taking control of People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Mao-Zedong led Chinese Communist Party (CCP) invaded Tibet because they believed that Tibet was very fragile and easy to subjugate. The PLA began their mission in 1949 from eastern Tibet and finally invaded Tibet in 1959. At the beginning, Chinese soldiers didn’t use weapons but tricky methods like pouring Chinese currency to the Tibetan villagers to win their trust.

At that point of time, Tibetan villagers used to sing a song like ‘Chinese Communist Party is the god father, the rain of currency has no stop’. The song demonstrates how CCP played tricks with local Tibetans to save their limited bullets because CCP itself was not in a strong position at that point of time.

When they continued their mission towards central Tibet, the Tibetan government and local voluntary resistant forces confronted them to save their country from enemy. Despite their best efforts, Tibetan forces could not restrict PLA forces and the real face of Communist China began to surface as they used very brutal and inhuman tactics against Tibetan people.

When PLA arrived in Lhasa, capital city of Tibet, the final task left for them was to dethrone His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political head of Tibet. At that point, PLA was so ruthless that they targeted the Norbulingkha, summer palace of His Holiness the Dalai Lama with tanks. When that attempt failed, PLA invited His Holiness in their army camp for dinner with a condition that no escorts would be allowed to accompany him.

This tricky invitation alarmed His Holiness and Tibetan government officials that Chinese forces might attack His Holiness at any time. Under such circumstances, His Holiness had no choice but to follow the advice of his well wishers and escaped to India from the hands of demonic Chinese forces. Two days later, when the Chinese discovered he had escaped. They closed the borders with India and Bhutan and sent troops to catch him. None of that was known to the outside world.

Dressed as a soldier, the 14th Dalai Lama made his way along with a small band of men carrying Tibet’s future on their shoulders. His entourage included his mother, sister, younger brother and several top officials. They travelled for two days and two nights without stopping, on foot and on horseback. A month's supplies were carried by mules.

To cross the major 1,500-feet Brahmaputra river, they used a single boat made of yak skin. It was called "one of the most fantastic escapes in history". For the next two weeks, the world had little information on the whereabouts of the Dalai Lama. Meanwhile, two weeks after his escape from Lhasa, the Dalai Lama had reached Chutangma, just miles from Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.
In April, an official statement provided details of his escape India granted the Tibet leader asylum on April 3, 1959 and permission to establish a government-in-exile.

Upon his arrival to India, His Holiness held a press conference through which he informed about the invasion of Tibet by PLA and urged United Nations (UN) to extend their support to the Tibetan people. His Holiness made numerous efforts to place Tibetan issue at UN but all the efforts gone in vain as UN already turned out to be a mouthpiece of powerful nations. The only option left was to negotiate with CCP and efforts were made to reach out to CCP leaders to resolve issue of Tibet.

In 1960, the Dalai Lama formed Tibetan exiled government in Mussoori, to continue the indefinite struggle of Tibetan independence. The paramount concern for His Holiness at that time was to educate Tibetan Children in exile to continue Tibetan struggle. At the behest of His Holiness, the then Prime Minister of India, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru extended support and promised to enroll all Tibetan refugee Children in Indian schools.

His Holiness was worried that if Tibetan Children are admitted to Indian schools, they will not learn Tibetan tradition and language etc. Hence, Prime Minister Nehru helped the Dalai Lama in keeping the Tibetan identity alive by helping in setting up of separate schools for Tibetan refugee Children.
 
Since 1967, His Holiness travelled around the world and met dignitaries to sought help for resolving issue of Tibet. The humble and straightforwardness nature of His Holiness drew attention of people from all walks of life that he met and earned a lot of respect. His Holiness on every occasion urged the world to support Tibetan people and cause of Tibet.
 
When Deng Xiaoping came to power, he told His Holiness that anything can be discussed except independence which made His Holiness to come up with the idea of ‘Middle Way Approach’ (MWA). MWA does not demand complete independence nor accept to remain under China, rather seeks genuine autonomy for Tibetans. On September 21, 1987, His Holiness the Dalai Lama highlighted Five Point Peace Plan during his address to the US Congressional Human Right Caucus in Strasberg.

The Five Point Peace Plan includes (i) Transformation of the whole of Tibet into a zone of peace; (ii). Abandonment of China's population transfer policy which threatens the very existence of the Tibetans; (iii) Respect for the Tibetan people's fundamental human rights and democratic freedoms; (iv) Restoration and protection of Tibet's natural environment and the abandonment of China's use of Tibet for the production of nuclear weapons and dumping of nuclear waste; (v) Commencement of earnest negotiations on the future status of Tibet and of relations between the Tibetan and Chinese peoples.
 
China not only rejected the Five Point Peace Plan, moreover, the CCP leaders began to criticize His Holiness the Dalai Lama for gathering international support to challenge their rule over Tibet. Successive Chinese leaders used words like ‘demon’, ‘wolf’ and ‘separatist’ against His Holiness the Dalai Lama. CCP spent a lot of money to counter the influence of His Holiness by organizing demonstrations against His Holiness, whenever he visited a foreign country. However, the Dalai Lama has gained worldwide respect for his pacifist approach, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
 
Due to the growing reputation of His Holiness and the growing support for Tibetan people, there is a deep fear inside CCP leaders that as long as the Dalai Lama is free and vibrant, China would continue to face problems in international arena with regard to the question of Tibet. Therefore the atheist leaders of CCP recently claimed authority over the reincarnation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. China wants to appoint its own Dalai Lama just like Gyaltsen Norbu, the fake Panchen Lama appointed by CCP after kidnapping the genuine Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima in 1995. They dreamed that when the fake Dalai Lama is appointed, he will be fully under the control of CCP and will do whatever they command. The thick skinned Chinese leaders claimed authority over His Holiness’s reincarnation even though the world knows that CCP does not believe in religion as Mao Zedong called religion as poison.
 
Chinese government also uses its economic clout by paying certain fractions to destabilize Tibetan community. Many Chinese spies were arrested by Indian agencies in India and specifically in Dharamsala where the residence of His Holiness is located. In addition to that, When Chinese economy reaches trajectory, China begins to intimidate its business partner countries to cut business ties if they support Tibetan cause or even meeting His Holiness.

This pressure is felt not only by developing countries but developed nations including the United States of America. Even after decades of Chinese occupation and rule, Tibetans have persisted and the Tibet independence movement has gained support, momentum and recognition from around the world, with the blessings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama everlasting positive energy and the resilience of the Tibetan people whose indomitable spirit and courage to stand against the injustice will never dampen.
 
 Damdul

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Tibet was called ‘Xi-Zang’ which means western treasure in the history of China. Hence, in order to plunder the rich resources of Tibet, different monarchies of China targeted Tibet for almost 200 years. With the passage of time, various dominions or rulers changed but their eyes remained on Tibet.

Just after taking control of People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Mao-Zedong led Chinese Communist Party (CCP) invaded Tibet because they believed that Tibet was very fragile and easy to subjugate. The PLA began their mission in 1949 from eastern Tibet and finally invaded Tibet in 1959. At the beginning, Chinese soldiers didn’t use weapons but tricky methods like pouring Chinese currency to the Tibetan villagers to win their trust.

At that point of time, Tibetan villagers used to sing a song like ‘Chinese Communist Party is the god father, the rain of currency has no stop’. The song demonstrates how CCP played tricks with local Tibetans to save their limited bullets because CCP itself was not in a strong position at that point of time.

When they continued their mission towards central Tibet, the Tibetan government and local voluntary resistant forces confronted them to save their country from enemy. Despite their best efforts, Tibetan forces could not restrict PLA forces and the real face of Communist China began to surface as they used very brutal and inhuman tactics against Tibetan people.

When PLA arrived in Lhasa, capital city of Tibet, the final task left for them was to dethrone His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political head of Tibet. At that point, PLA was so ruthless that they targeted the Norbulingkha, summer palace of His Holiness the Dalai Lama with tanks. When that attempt failed, PLA invited His Holiness in their army camp for dinner with a condition that no escorts would be allowed to accompany him.

This tricky invitation alarmed His Holiness and Tibetan government officials that Chinese forces might attack His Holiness at any time. Under such circumstances, His Holiness had no choice but to follow the advice of his well wishers and escaped to India from the hands of demonic Chinese forces. Two days later, when the Chinese discovered he had escaped. They closed the borders with India and Bhutan and sent troops to catch him. None of that was known to the outside world.

Dressed as a soldier, the 14th Dalai Lama made his way along with a small band of men carrying Tibet’s future on their shoulders. His entourage included his mother, sister, younger brother and several top officials. They travelled for two days and two nights without stopping, on foot and on horseback. A month's supplies were carried by mules.

To cross the major 1,500-feet Brahmaputra river, they used a single boat made of yak skin. It was called "one of the most fantastic escapes in history". For the next two weeks, the world had little information on the whereabouts of the Dalai Lama. Meanwhile, two weeks after his escape from Lhasa, the Dalai Lama had reached Chutangma, just miles from Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.
In April, an official statement provided details of his escape India granted the Tibet leader asylum on April 3, 1959 and permission to establish a government-in-exile.

Upon his arrival to India, His Holiness held a press conference through which he informed about the invasion of Tibet by PLA and urged United Nations (UN) to extend their support to the Tibetan people. His Holiness made numerous efforts to place Tibetan issue at UN but all the efforts gone in vain as UN already turned out to be a mouthpiece of powerful nations. The only option left was to negotiate with CCP and efforts were made to reach out to CCP leaders to resolve issue of Tibet.

In 1960, the Dalai Lama formed Tibetan exiled government in Mussoori, to continue the indefinite struggle of Tibetan independence. The paramount concern for His Holiness at that time was to educate Tibetan Children in exile to continue Tibetan struggle. At the behest of His Holiness, the then Prime Minister of India, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru extended support and promised to enroll all Tibetan refugee Children in Indian schools.

His Holiness was worried that if Tibetan Children are admitted to Indian schools, they will not learn Tibetan tradition and language etc. Hence, Prime Minister Nehru helped the Dalai Lama in keeping the Tibetan identity alive by helping in setting up of separate schools for Tibetan refugee Children.
 
Since 1967, His Holiness travelled around the world and met dignitaries to sought help for resolving issue of Tibet. The humble and straightforwardness nature of His Holiness drew attention of people from all walks of life that he met and earned a lot of respect. His Holiness on every occasion urged the world to support Tibetan people and cause of Tibet.
 
When Deng Xiaoping came to power, he told His Holiness that anything can be discussed except independence which made His Holiness to come up with the idea of ‘Middle Way Approach’ (MWA). MWA does not demand complete independence nor accept to remain under China, rather seeks genuine autonomy for Tibetans. On September 21, 1987, His Holiness the Dalai Lama highlighted Five Point Peace Plan during his address to the US Congressional Human Right Caucus in Strasberg.

The Five Point Peace Plan includes (i) Transformation of the whole of Tibet into a zone of peace; (ii). Abandonment of China's population transfer policy which threatens the very existence of the Tibetans; (iii) Respect for the Tibetan people's fundamental human rights and democratic freedoms; (iv) Restoration and protection of Tibet's natural environment and the abandonment of China's use of Tibet for the production of nuclear weapons and dumping of nuclear waste; (v) Commencement of earnest negotiations on the future status of Tibet and of relations between the Tibetan and Chinese peoples.
 
China not only rejected the Five Point Peace Plan, moreover, the CCP leaders began to criticize His Holiness the Dalai Lama for gathering international support to challenge their rule over Tibet. Successive Chinese leaders used words like ‘demon’, ‘wolf’ and ‘separatist’ against His Holiness the Dalai Lama. CCP spent a lot of money to counter the influence of His Holiness by organizing demonstrations against His Holiness, whenever he visited a foreign country. However, the Dalai Lama has gained worldwide respect for his pacifist approach, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
 
Due to the growing reputation of His Holiness and the growing support for Tibetan people, there is a deep fear inside CCP leaders that as long as the Dalai Lama is free and vibrant, China would continue to face problems in international arena with regard to the question of Tibet. Therefore the atheist leaders of CCP recently claimed authority over the reincarnation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. China wants to appoint its own Dalai Lama just like Gyaltsen Norbu, the fake Panchen Lama appointed by CCP after kidnapping the genuine Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima in 1995. They dreamed that when the fake Dalai Lama is appointed, he will be fully under the control of CCP and will do whatever they command. The thick skinned Chinese leaders claimed authority over His Holiness’s reincarnation even though the world knows that CCP does not believe in religion as Mao Zedong called religion as poison.
 
Chinese government also uses its economic clout by paying certain fractions to destabilize Tibetan community. Many Chinese spies were arrested by Indian agencies in India and specifically in Dharamsala where the residence of His Holiness is located. In addition to that, When Chinese economy reaches trajectory, China begins to intimidate its business partner countries to cut business ties if they support Tibetan cause or even meeting His Holiness.

This pressure is felt not only by developing countries but developed nations including the United States of America. Even after decades of Chinese occupation and rule, Tibetans have persisted and the Tibet independence movement has gained support, momentum and recognition from around the world, with the blessings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama everlasting positive energy and the resilience of the Tibetan people whose indomitable spirit and courage to stand against the injustice will never dampen.
 
 Damdul

A nice read... the history of man has always been a chronicle of oppression..