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Originally Posted by Monolith
I fully support the Tibetan struggle for freedom, because I see the Chinese as a threat to all neighboring nations.
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The curious thing is that Tibet became part of China only in 18th century, when China itself was ruled by the non-Chinese Manchu dynasty and the Manchurian language instead of Mandarin was spoken at the imperial court of Beijing. Before that date Tibet was never part of China.
In 18th century the Manchu-Chinese emperor intervened in internal Tibetan struggles and thus managed to establish Chinese control there. Under the imperial Chinese regime however the Celestial Emperor's rule over Tibet was only nominal, whilst the interior autonomy of Tibet was preserved in almost all of its aspects.
This situation changed only with the Communist takeover in China.