• shawn1122@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    9 hours ago

    Tibet’s communist movement sought modernization but was sidelined by Beijing. The 1950 invasion was a military annexation by the PLA, not a domestic Marxist uprising.

    France aided an independent American rebellion against a colonial power without occupying the US. China annexed an autonomous Tibet, replacing its government with direct Beijing rule.

    Beijing’s “mutual aid” masked extraction. The 1959 uprising followed vast expropriation of Tibetan land and nomadic forced collectivization, triggering famines documented by the Panchen Lama’s 70,000-Character Petition.

    Replacing Tibetan-medium education with Mandarin-first boarding schools is documented forced assimilation, not an amenity. The UN (2023) stated this system affects one million children, systematically eroding Tibetan identity.

    Indonesians chose English for global trade while maintaining their state language. Tibetans face structural coercion; Mandarin is legally mandated for employment, litigation, and civic survival.

    • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      5 hours ago

      All of this is provably false, and the fact that you aren’t posting a source tells me its probably AI generated from an RFA article.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
      cake
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      7 hours ago

      The 1950 invasion was a military annexation by the PLA, not a domestic Marxist uprising.

      Tibet wasn’t militarily annexed in 1950, because it was never officially independent. It was annexed in 1720 by the Qing Dynasty and only briefly splintered into an autocratic theocracy during the civil war.

      Indonesians chose English for global trade while maintaining their state language. Tibetans face structural coercion

      You must be joking.

      Which Fortune 500 companies allow you to speak Indonesian exclusively?

      Tibetan is dying out as a language because the Tibetan nationalists never bothered to build up educational infrastructure when they were in charge.