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When the Muslims were converting/killing Buddhist during the 800 to 1100;s CE. Genghis Khan was created...
Genghis Khan rallied the many independent tribes and then drove the Muslims out of; Asia, the EU, and Northern Africa. Along the way he also CONQUERED the Chinese...
The Buddhist have proven they can ignore certain beliefs and DEFEND themselves, to maintain their way of life...
History has usually REPEATED itself, so China should be warned...
It is time the Tibetans approach the UN for a solution to this invasion. Tibet is a free and independent nation and china should apologize on the way out.
Amazing how an invading country can have a veto seat on the UN security counsel. No country should have that privilege. It is time we put breaks on governments all over the World. We define government and government does not define people. Any force is illegitimate until proven otherwise. War is force, submission is force, china is forcing Tibet and is therefor illegitimate.
Stop the imperialist Chinese oppression of captive nations.
Chinese atrocities are too much to bear. They have stolen Tibetna land by incorporating it into Chinese provinces, invaded the svereign Tibetan nation, subjegated the Tibetan people, and done everything possible to destroy Tibetan culture, language, religion, customs, economy, and way of life.
It's time for the invaders to GO HOME!
Free Tibet!
Tashi Delek
AC Robertson many mistakes in your piece. Genghis Khan was Mongol and had animistic religious beliefs, when the Mongol war-machine started to move, they invaded, destroyed and ransacked everybody, Buddhists, Muslims and Christians (Russians, Poles, Hungarians, etc. ). he wasn't the "defender of the Buddhist faith" as you are trying to portrait.
Mongolia was a barbarian society and yes, Genghis defeated and drove the Arab Muslim armies from Asia and even his envoy destroyed Baghdad, ending the Abbasid Caliphate, but the Mongolian forces were so few in comparison to the people they conquered, that basically all those areas remained and still remain today with the same religions they had before the Mongol invasion, furthermore, the Mongols descendants of Genghis Khan, such as Tamerlane in Central Asia or the great Moguls of India all became Muslims (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and all those other ..tans), Russia is still Christian Orthodox and China still beliefs in Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, etc.
By the way, the Mongol hordes never reached North Africa.
@peter jacobs ......."amazing how an invading country can have a veto seat in the UN Security Council"..
Are you referring to US, the country that invaded Iraq, Afganistan, Panama, Grenada....perfectly fell into your description and this country did not hestitate to use veto privilege so many times in defense of the evil deeds of israel.
romilio,
Mongolian main religion is a Tibetan form of Buddhism called Lamaism. It is believed that Kublai Khan chose Lamaism and it is during the Mongol Yuan Dynasty that Lamaism became official religion of the Empire...
Tibet leadership was the spiritual adviser to Genghis Khan and the following leadership of the Mongols...
In 1255 the Mongol rulers of Persia went to war against the Caliph, invading Syria and Palestine. In 1258 they captured Baghdad, destroyed the city and killed the Caliph. The westward advance of the Mongols was halted at one of the decisive battlefields of history, Ayn Jalut, near Nazareth in Israel, in 1260. I'm assuming you do not think Israel is in North Africa???
Genghis Khan converted to Buddhism, when he was the Mongol Leader...
I have to say there are so many people do not know the history, so many people close their eyes on the development of tibet in the last decads , if you come to china, you may ask ordinaly people, what have the government done to tibet? you will change your mind.
I live in Thailand and my son's wife is 1/2 Chinese...
I have traveled throughout Asia and talked to many people that have visited/lived in Tibet. Plus those Chinese that have never been to Tibet...
You are correct about their stories, they do not match...
I prefer to believe those that have been there...
von Dorf, One must NEVER impose rules on others all the while unwilling to follow them oneself. You know, goose, gander.... Real leadership does not exist in government now days.
AC Robertson Your knowledge is quite poor and confused. As I said the Mongols adopted many religions mostly per their own convenience, accordingly to the religion of the occupied regions, but they were not Buddhist (Lamaist) when they begun their conquest and definitely Israel is not in North Africa, you ignorant, Israel is in the Middle East (the Western most part of Asia), Africa starts with Egypt, so no, the Mongols never reached North Africa.
Free Tibet!
Free Palestine!
Unite Ireland!
We will not hear enough about this owing to the news blackout by the commies. Keep in mind that China is still Red China and will never change with respect to the governance of its people. Remember Tiananmen Square. Once a stinking bastard commie, always a stinking bastard commie.
Check this out, talk about something NOT being reported on...
Beijing on edge amid coup rummers...
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/650bb0f6-735f-11e1-aab3-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F650bb0f6-735f-11e1-aab3-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=#axzz1qT6zbonL
Here is a better reference - http://www.cnbc.com/id/46818077/Beijing_on_Edge_Amid_Coup_Rumors
"The Chinese capital is awash with speculation, innuendo and rumors of a coup following the most important political purge in decades, with even some of the most well-informed officials in the dark about what comes next."
London, March 23 : Nervous leaders in China have blocked all internet reports of an alleged attempted coup, the Daily Mail reported Friday.
Online reports of tanks on the streets of Beijing and shots fired within the secure leaders' compound - next to the top tourist spot, the Forbidden City - are being closely monitored by the international intelligence communities, including the US and Britain, it said.
Reference - http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-177175.html
For a video on - Rumors of a coup in China, plus slowing growth have sparked selling says Ben Willis of Sunrise Securities.
Reference - http://www.9news.com/video/1524686453001/1/China-Coup-Rumors-Sparking-Selling
Free Tibet! Long H.H. Dalai Lama! the spirit of the people will continue to rise like flowers thru the cracks of the sidewalks of repression and torture! yes, there is a reason the Chinese govt. CENSORS everything-- Peace
Tibet is free and dalai is a trouble maker and a power-hungry politician rather than a religious man.
Those who called for Free Tibet, why not call Free Scotland. Since the bulk of the Scotish people want to be free from UK whilst the bulk of Tibetans want to be part of China.
Obama needs to grow a spine, all America has to do is to cut all trade with China until they leave tibet, I guarantee they would be out of town by sundown.
But nooooo! we have a spineless sissy for a leader.
elected by the people,,dont forget that one
Cut trade to China!? bahahahahhaahahahahahaha
no.
i don't think OBAMA will do anything since china owes about 35% of USA's debt......world needs to come and rescue Tibetans from communist, heartless, selfish chinese......BUT WE AS CONCERNED CITIZENS SHOULD NOT BUY ANY CHINESE PRODUCTS FROM CHINA.........
I believe that the Dalai Lama would strongly disagree with your condemnation of Obama, even though he would be kind enough to refrain from openly disagreeing. The U.S. did support Tibetan freedom fighters, training them at Fort Carson, Colorado. That continued until the early 1970's, when the Nixon administration sent Henry Kissinger to China to start negotiations. The Chinese insisted on the U.S. cutting off all aid to Tibetans. Consequently, today you can buy all sorts of goods made in China at low prices, and you can also watch in anguish as the noble Tibetan people are sacrificied on the altar of political and economic expediency. I believe that the Tibetan Buddhist of life will prevail over Chinese materialism in the long run, because the Chinese state has no moral or ethical principles to guide it. The only purpose in Chinese life now is to get more money. Just as the early Christians overcame their underdog status to eventually prevail over the mighty Roman Empire, the Tibetans and kindred spirits have the moral power to prevail over the gargantuan but hollow Chinese state.
@mhender, it is ignorant people like you that are overcrowding this earth.
Do a little history research and you will find out that this is not a new issue. What have all the other US leaders done? Everyone wants Obama to solve everything at once and if not he is has no "spine". That said, the Tibetan people need us and the world to act.
mhender, the Communist Chinese invaded Tibet in 1950 and completed their military conquest in 1951.
Using your logic, the REAL spineless sissy was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
And after him, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and young Bush continued the parade of spineless sissydom.
Still, I'm glad you can personally guarantee a solution.
Please make it so.
Agreed.
Just cut all trade with the second largest economy on the planet. When its just words on a page it seems so easy doesn't it. Lot harder in reality though.
This is a response to mhender. I hit reply right under his comment but for some reason it did not put the comment in the right place.
CHINA: GET OUT. Make a deal to secure the borders and then LEAVE THEM ALONE. Tibet is NOT part of China. Mao Tse-Tung and is radical, murderous communists invaded Tibet, along with imprisoning China. He is LONG gone and so is his COMMUSIST UTOPIA OF COMPLETE SLAVERY. Get out.
I remember well the invasion of Tibet by China. Nothing was done by the rest of the world. Just words" bad boy" China. Just like the world allows the terrible things in Africa. If there is no natural resource to plunder the world will not do anything.
As consumers we can boycott Chinese products. I do it if possible. I am willing to pay more for a item if it is made elsewhere. It is tough. I will not shop at Wallie world becuse that is all they carry.
i agree boycott chinese products
Boycott indian products.
What is "China's Tibetan regions"? Don't write if you don't know for sure what you are writing about. Also don't write, If you do know some geography and history, but you are afraid of the truth and/or a$$kissing China and your boss to keep your job. That's coward.
“There’s a sucker born every minute…”
~ P.T. Barnum
AP Fraud:
Fabrications, Drama, a Sprinkle of Truth, and Sheer Delight
This is what the press is feeding the public, along with some aid from Hollywood and of course their ever – present meal ticket, Washington, DC. Then, there is the support team of local police officers, hotel cleaning staff, public works employees standing in the road observing, and taxi cab drivers that are the eyes and ears of the press. Big cash in this stuff…and no one will ever know that local officers was just bought off to fabricate a report that he stopped the local congresswoman for DUI, when she was had no issue of any kind. But, the report ruined her chances for re-election.
And the American public are the suckers. You hear the news reports, hear some truth inserted now and then, but just enough. Just enough to cause you to trust them. And you do 100%. But that is what keeps their salaries and sponsors alive.
Your families listen to news told to you by fine sounding anchors that speak well and use the English language slightly better than you and your peers and this is the all the excuse your minds use to believe these strangers with. But, you do believe them and even go so far as to defend your favorite faces as if they were family, though you have never met any of these people. What are you doing? Do you know Brian Williams? Do you know Scott Pelley? Diane Sawyer? George Stephanopoulos? Have you ever seen these people in real life? But you trust their judgment every bit as much as you trust that man sitting in the Oval office though many of you have never met him either!
We are losing this nation, and this planet to the press that spins your lives into a web of deceit, criminal activity, and amazing shock. I’m here to tell you that no human is capable of doing any of this alone. None do. Most of it is stimulated, solicited, or instigated and profited on by the Associated Press.
Photo-shopped images, some of dead people, even. Fabulous stories created around them, and you choke it all down because you are told to, like your mothers told you to eat every morsel on your plates because there were starving kids in Africa. It is what they do in Africa, people and have for a millennium! African tribes battle and combat for land, they always have and they starve the competition out. Why do you fall for this guilt that is applied by the Associated Press?
Are children not starving here in the United States?
Is there poor in your own community?
The crime stories! Some are true, slightly true, and some are absolute fabrications to injure the identity of a political opponent. How do you know which stories are true! Have you researched and checked? Do you care? What if that injured person is you one day, or a loved one, will you care then?
If you do not see certain things happening in your own backyards, though the AP is acting as if it is everywhere, then why are you believing what they say? And if the economy is good in your home towns, why are you speaking as though it is the end of the world because Wolf Blitzer or Anderson Cooper said, “GM will be saved by this bailout because most Americans want to save it.”
Do you?
Did Anderson Cooper ask you personally?
Did he simply formulate a judgment or use in unscientific poll asking 3 people in the newsroom during coffee break and most said, “Yes”?
News is a multi-billion dollar business.
Then press delights in knowing that there is a sucker born every minute.
Do you think that the AP will plagiarize this comment as they have so very many others that I have written to their benefit?
I'm so glad to see at least one other person gets it. Let's call Anderson and see if we can, "do lunch." Oh wait, we're not upper crust enough to dine with a Vanderbilt.
As for Rene 6's comment:
Really? I'd say you better think about that a while, or better yet, you can just go and save them. We have plenty of our own to save right here.
Of what value is Tibet to China?
if china has no value of tibet then why the hell they don't get out of tibet.....
The value of Tibet is LAND. China is a country with a HUGE population and not enough land. The Han Chinese moved into Tibet quickly to settle and build after the invasion. The one child rule does not apply to those living in Tibet. Like Hong Kong, China wants it all. It want to rule, dominate, destroy, take resources, and show that it's a super power.
Resources in Tibet according to http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=199&catid=6&subcatid=37
1. Tibet has more than 3,000 proven mineral reserves, including China biggest chromium and copper deposits. China Daily, an official English-language newspaper, quoted a Tibetan official in March saying that mining could make up at least 30 percent of Tibet gross domestic product by 2020, up from 3 percent now.
Exiled supporters of the Dalai Lama claim the government in Beijing wants to drive Tibetans off the land so it can extract minerals and water resources from the mountain region. The communist government says it is investing heavily in measures to improve the environment of the region. [Ibid]
2. Tibet as large deposits of copper and iron. The new railway will make it easier to exploit them. Tibetans have traditionally frowned up mining because its disturbs the sacred essence of the soil. The Chinese however have no such qualms and have conducted extensive geological surveys across Tibet.
Chinese geologists have found new deposits of copper, iron, lead, and zinc, and possibly oil, accessible to the train route. Total possible reserves have been estimated 20 million tons of copper and 10 million tons of lead and zinc.
3. Tibet contains half the world's lithium reserves, almost all of it from a single mine in northeRn Tibet. China’s largest chromium deposits and it third largest copper mine are in Tibet. There is also gold, uranium, diamonds, silver, boron, antimony and borax.
4. Gold, turquoise and other gems comes from three specific areas in the southern and western Tibet. In the late 1980s and early 1990s there was huge gold rush in western Qinghai. Thousands of illegal gold diggers flocked to region and disrupted the fragile environment there. In July 2010, China National Gold Group, the nation largest gold producer, began work at a polymetallic mine whose daily output is expected to reach 15,000 tons.
Plus the tourism unless China closes the borders...
1. In the wake of the 2008 unrest, foreign tourists were banned from travelling to Tibet for more than 12 months.
2. In March 2011, China closed Tibet to tourists ahead of the third anniversary of anti-government in 2008. Zhang Qingli, the Communist party secretary in Tibet, said there were "some control measures" for safety reasons, citing potential overcrowding and freezing winter weather. He told reporters at an annual political meeting in Beijing that the region was stable. "It's not that the anti-Chinese forces and the Dalai clique haven't thought of it but the fact is they haven't been able to stir up any unrest since the March 14 incident." [Source: Tania Branigan, The Guardian, March 7, 2011]
3. In mid June 2011, foreign tourists were barred from going to Tibet until the end of July."At the moment we're not admitting foreign tourists," an employee at China Travel Service in the regional capital Lhasa told AFP by phone, adding the agency had received a notice saying this would be enforced until July 26. A worker at the Tibet Youth Travel Service agency confirmed the ban, saying it begins on Tuesday and was linked to celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of China's rule over Tibet, scheduled for July. [Source: AFP, June 13, 2011]
4. Etc, etc... Ha! Ha!
It's a shame that any reporter would refer to Tibet as a region of China. Invasion of a country doesn't mean the rest of the world has to go along with claims of ownership, does it?
Every time I see Tibet referred to as 'China', I want to be sick. Nearly every news story does it. It's to pacify China, I believe. Tibet is not now, and has never been, Chinese. It's Tibet.
stop buying chinese products
Do you want the "naked" truth?
The media would love the Tibetans to succeed against the Chinese, because the media loves showing how the underdog is so much better than anyone in power.
For the same reason the media love minorities, they would love to see Tibetans destroy the present unity of China in order to promote the idea that "all cultures are the same." They would also like to see those dastardly Chinese stuck in their foreign ways taken down a notch or two.
Conservatives also despite the Chinese for the fact that they are Communist (although in reality, they also despise them because they are, in fact, Chinese, and not white).
Why don't we just drop the pretense and say it? War within China is good for America. That's what's real.
That's the buck-naked truth.
Do you want the "naked" truth?
The media would love the Tibetans to succeed against the Chinese, because the media loves showing how the underdog is so much better than anyone in power.
For the same reason the media love minorities, they would love to see Tibetans destroy the present unity of China in order to promote the idea that "all cultures are the same." They would also like to see those dastardly Chinese stuck in their foreign ways taken down a notch or two.
Conservatives also despite the Chinese for the fact that they are Communist (although in reality, they also despise them because they are, in fact, Chinese, and not white).
Why don't we just drop the pretense and say it? War within China is good for America. That's what's real.
That's the buck-naked truth.
Do you want the "naked" truth?
The media would love the Tibetans to succeed against the Chinese, because the media loves showing how the underdog is so much better than anyone in power.
For the same reason the media love minorities, they would love to see Tibetans destroy the present unity of China in order to promote the idea that "all cultures are the same." They would also like to see those dastardly Chinese stuck in their foreign ways taken down a notch or two.
Conservatives also despite the Chinese for the fact that they are Communist (although in reality, they also despise them because they are, in fact, Chinese, and not white).
Why don't we just drop the pretense and say it? War within China is good for America. That's what's real.
That's the buck-naked truth.
These monks have yet to learn that nothing is free.
The media is (or are) clueless regarding Tibet. Whites in this country believe that the Chinese should abide by what the West dictates regarding "human rights" and "minority rights" and the "rights of indigenous people," and all that crap. Well, tell the Australians to give up Australia, because, as sure as the sun rises in the east, the indigenous folks were there long before any whites set foot on dry land in that land of kangaroos and shrimps on barbies.
And that's what the Chinese will tell you. America out of North America, and Australians out of Australia, first. Then we'll talk about Tibet.
Put that in your hat -- naked -- and smoke it.
The media is (or are) clueless regarding Tibet. Whites in this country believe that the Chinese should abide by what the West dictates regarding "human rights" and "minority rights" and the "rights of indigenous people," and all that crap. Well, tell the Australians to give up Australia, because, as sure as the sun rises in the east, the indigenous folks were there long before any whites set foot on dry land in that land of kangaroos and shrimps on barbies.
And that's what the Chinese will tell you. America out of North America, and Australians out of Australia, first. Then we'll talk about Tibet.
Free Tibet? Since when? Even when they slashed the price of Tibet during the Presidents Day Sale nobody wanted it. Now they want to give it away for free? It's probably been refurbished. Buyer beware - make sure you read the section regarding "Exchanges and Returns" before you aquire!
Clever. You are right. No free lunch anywhere.
China has NO cultural values anymore. Since the communist rule (late 1940s), the GOVT is more powerful. Tibet was annexed by force and this should reverse. Unfortunately Indian is toothless in this matter. All India can do is provide asylum to Tibetans (which is good). Indians need Chinese visa to visit manasa-sarovar (Lake in top of the roof of the world that has religious significance) in Tibet, where for centuries Hindu monks visited it without any visa and the other crap that Chinese started. Indians should never trust China after the betrayal in 1963 war just after Nehru made a deal,they Invaded India's eastern border. If anything India should produce another 500 nuclear missiles and be ready as a deterrent against China. India is like Israel surrounded by hostile neighbors. Now that Sri Lanka is in China's grip, we need those nuclear missiles more than ever as a deterrent.
USA is not concerned about democracy - all they care is the $$. See Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, China - USA's foreign policy duplicity is evident. They (USA) attack weak countries and try to show off, where as they are not able to do anything in Saudi Arabia or even Cuba...
So bottom line to Tibeteans and Indians - solve your problem with your own effort, not with the help of USA or other countries. Learn from history. UN is a useless organization.
Stop calling Tibet 'China''s Tibetan regions'! It is the country of Tibet and they did not ask China to come there, exile their leader, grab their land and send in \corrupt Chinese officials to oversee the infiltrating Chinese merchants. Get China out of Tibet.
There is not one section in this world that knows peace
Tibetan people want freedom; China will never be a great and
lasting world power until the Tibetan people and Tibetan Buddhism are free from
China’s precaution. Long life to The
Dalai Lama and HH The Karmapa.
How come it's always monks who set themselves on fire? We argue fervently here in the US about the need for separation of church and government and yet no one seems to question the use of religion in protests in Tibet!
Dalai Lama is a great man, but he should help to break away from centuries of religious rule in Tibet (as oppressive as any other oligarchic rule in the world) by denouncing these inhumane immolation acts. The normal Tibetans should be spear-heading the protests.
Your lack of knowledge of Tibet is showing. Let me help you. There is no separation in Tibet between 'normal' Tibetans and the Buddhist monks. Each family usually sends one child (at least) to the monostary. It's a tradition. Buddhism isn't simply a religion, it's a way of life. It's not 'church on Sunday', it's a religion that encompasses every aspect of your life. It's a religion of the mind. The Dalai Lama HAS told the monks to stop setting themselves on fire. Many times. However, in their culture, this is the only way they know. The Dalai Lama was the spiritual head of Tibet only for a very long time. The Tibetan people wanted him to also be the head of the government when the Chinese invaded. He took that position (as a very wary young man) because it's what the people wanted. They don't have a 'separation of church and state' in that country... and it's not an issue anyway because their government is in exile. The Dalai Lama is old. He knows his time in this life is short. He's asked the Tibetan people to decide if they want another Dalai Lama. He's been training the Karmapa to take his place when he goes. He's said he will not be found under Chinese rule when he returns.
The West abandoned the Tibetans after starting to help them in through the 70's. Yet, the Dalai Lama hasn't turned his back on the West nor has he had anything negative to say about it. He has more patience and understanding than any other man. If you wonder why, you should do some reading. They don't need separation of religion and government. It's not even possible. However, they did have two separate leaders at one point. Before the Chinese invaded. There is more, but you need to look it up. See the truth and the history. Without being a Buddhist, though, it will probably be hard to understand their culture.
You might not agree, but I do know all what you said and a lot more. I know Buddhism might be more of a way of living, deeply permeating into Tibetans' everyday lives (they traditionally have no other choice!), but nevertheless, it is still a religion, and it still does not take away the argument that religious leaders should not be in any position to determine the political fate of the people. If Dalai Lama has been condemning these immolation acts, he might need to do that more vigorously. I know that he had given up his governing role some time ago, I believe, partly due to his health, but he still has significant influence and the recent rash of immolation acts doesn't give me the impression that he's been very successful.
It's funny to see this. I dont really know what Chinese gov has done; I dont know if people in Xizang (Tibet) is really being subject to cruelty, but there is one thing I know Xizang has been part of China for several hundred years, and even before that Xizang as a nation recognized ancient Chinese gov as their suzerain.
Current Chinese gov (PRC People's Republic of China), the predecessor (ROC, Republic of China now in Taiwan) and even earlier Chinese govs all included Xizang as a part of China. If you check the maps in Taiwan, better yet , check wikipedia, they all clearly show Tibet is part of China, even Mongolia was.
So to say China is an invader is absolutely absurd and shows lack of history knowledge. If there were invaders , they were British and India who tried to do that but failed in the end. Britain and India conjured up this illegal border that was never recognized by any Chinese Gov not the ROC not the PRC.
However, I do hope Chinese gov take a much soft approach to Xizang (Tibet) issues, give them the right they wishes for and invite Dalai Lama to come back to his home. By the way even Dalai Lama recognize Tibet as part of China, he has been reiterating this point for years.
Josh Shi,
China was part of the Mongol Empire...
Research the China Tibet treaty of 822/3 which established their mutual border. The treaty is written on a stone obelisk that still exist on the former border...
Just research the later maps and remember, when China was part of the Mongol Empire. Tibet was a Independent Nation...
would you please check Qing dynasity map? how about american map 300 years ago?
FENGZhw,
America established 1776...
They did not exist as a country 300+years ago...
Accurate borders/maps in Asia did not exist until the French surveyed many of the countries during the 1950/60s...
Heck, the Thai and Cambodia border is still being fought over. The Vietnam and Cambodia border just had their last markers installed...
The only relable refrences are the treaties between the different countries:
1. The China & Tibet treaty of 821/22 CE, established their mutual border...
2. Nepal - Tibet Treaty of 1856...
3. In 1906 the British and Chinese signed a peace treaty that gave Tibet to the Chinese. Five years later, the Tibetans expelled the Chinese and declared their independence, which lasted until 1950...
4. Tibet - Mongolia Treaty of 1913...
5. After Mao's death in 1976, the Tibetans gained limited autonomy although many of the Tibetan government officials installed were of Chinese nationality. The Chinese government has administered Tibet as the "Autonomous Region of Tibet" (Xizang) since 1965...