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Originally posted by Daveb

Yes, but look what happened next!

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Originally posted by Daveb

To be afraid to let atheletes speak their mind is not so good.
What do you think would happen if anyone on the winners rostrom tried something similar to this is support of Tibet?
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China is without doubt a rising world power and like to Nazi Germany will not hesitate to take what it wants to feed its growth.

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Originally posted by long time no see

Maybe the World is aware of Tibet
but Understands the Massive Power
China now has.

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In 1911 the CHO-YON relationship came to its final end with the fall of the Manchu Dynasty. Tibet formally declared its Independence in 1912 and continued to conduct itself as a fully sovereign nation until its invasion by Communist China an 1949.

1. Tibet governed itself without foreign influence, conducted its own Foreign affairs, had its own army and operated its own postal system. Tibet sovereignty was recognised by its neighbours as well as by Britain, with whom Tibet entered into a series of treaties regarding travels and trade.

2. 1904 Britain invaded Tibet and subsequently Convention agreed between Tibet and Britain.

3. 1912 The last of the Chinese troops expelled from Tibet and Dalai Lama proclaims Tibet Independence.

4. During the Second World War Tibet remained neutral, despite strong pressure from the USA, Britain and China to allow the passage of raw materials through Tibet.

5. Tibet conducted its international relations primarily by dealing with British, Chinese, Nepalese and Bhutanese diplomatic missions in Lhasa, but also through government delegations traveling abroad. When India became independent, the British Mission in Lhasa was replaced by an Indian one.

6. When Nepal applied for membership of the United Nations in 1949, it cited its treaty and diplomatic relations with Tibet to demonstrate its full international personality.

7. If Tibet was part of China, then there was no need for the 17 point agreement which was forced upon the Tibetan delegation to sign in China in 1951 and then China announced to the world that Tibet was liberated (from whom?).

8. From 1951 to 1959 China broke every promise that she made towards Tibet, resulting in the Tibetan uprising against China in March 1959. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and 100,000 Tibetans escaped into exile. From that day onwards Tibet affectively became an occupied country.

9. Today from the legal standpoint, Tibet to this day has not lost its statehood. It is an independent state under illegal occupation. Neither China's military invasion nor the continuing occupation by PLA has transferred the sovereignty of Tibet to China.

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Originally posted by Miriam Binder

I don't think you will find many highways through the Himalayas Anubis.

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Originally posted by Miriam Binder

Neither am I claiming to be an expert on Tibet. I became interested in Tibet apropo to reading up on Far Eastern Religions for a course on comparative religion that I took in my salad days; we've all had brain waves and brain storms - that was just one of mine.

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