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           Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China has issued a proclamation that says Tibet has been an inalienable part of China since the 13th Century. Most Chinese believe this, without question. As Chinese becomes economically more powerful and travel more, their belief becomes more widespread.

            Why are Chinese so emotionally certain this is the truth? Fear. History has taught Chinese not to question the proclamations of the Communist Party. During the revolution that brought the Communist Party to power in the 1940’s and 1950’s, and during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960’s, millions of Chinese died when they refused to belief in whatever ‘truth’ the Communist Party announced. 

            Thus most Chinese believe Hu Jintao when he says that Tibet has been an inalienable part of China since the 13th century. But let’s look at this history. What happened in China, and Tibet, in the 13th Century that the Party insists made Tibet part of China? The Party is simplifying a great swath of history, and revising it for political purposes. Anyone who studies history, in a free country, can investigate and discover the truth but here is a synopsis. 

               The Mongols conquered most of Asia and Europe in the 13th Century. Mongols burst out of Mongolia and conquered everything from Turkey to Korea, creating by force of arms one of the largest empires in history.  Before the time of Ghengis Khan in the 13th century, Mongolia, Tibet and China were separate nations.  People from what is now Mongolia had repeatedly invaded the Chinese during previous centuries, but neither the Chinese, nor the Mongols ever penetrated Tibet. 

               Tibet and China had different experiences with the 13th century Mongol Conquest. Tibetans were lucky because massive Mongol armies were not used to subjugate Tibet, as happened in China. The heart of the Tibetan homeland on the Tibetan Plateau is such rough country, and there was so little wealth there, that Mongols never sacked Tibet. After a few Mongol raiding parties looted some Tibetan monasteries in 1240 and 1250 Tibetans accepted Mongol hegemony. Tibetans, essentially, did not resist the Mongols, as the Chinese did. (more…)