Is Tibet its own country?
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Many people would like to believe that Tibet is its own country, however, because they remained isolated from the world powers for so long, did not have sovereignty clearly recognized by world powers, and did not have a unified political and geographical area, it is truly difficult to say, factually, that Tibet was its own country. Consequently, when it was annexed by China, there was little force behind the government's claim that it was sovereign and thus, they received no help from foreign governments. So, Tibet is technically part of China and is recognized as such by every government in the world.\n\nAmericans can certainly visit Tibet. It is not dangerous, nor is it difficult. You book a tour, just like you would for anywhere else, then your tourist agency arranges the proper permits, and you get on a plane and fly there. I am an American in Tibet. I am studying at the university in Lhasa--no problems whatsoever. The only stipulation is that you abide by Chinese rules while you are visiting, and don't cause any problems. No big deal.
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It is estimated that the Soviet Union exterminated over 20 million of it's own people.\nChina exterminated 50 million to a 100 million of it's own Chinese.\nHow's that for Human Rights?\n(These are facts that can be checked out.)
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China.\n\nNo government will admit using torture, but it goes on in almost every country. The important point is that Is the use of torture limited with low-rank people-isolated cases? Or Is the use of torture a certain systemic policy?\n\nI like colorful and interesting face of Chinese culture. China is a great country with a remarkable history. However, deep rooted torture culture has a considerable place in that greatness and torture still remains widely in use in China.\n\n“ Amnesty International’s 2001 report on torture in China documents its use at all levels of society: Torture is widespread and systemic, committed in the full range of state institutions, from police stations to ‘re-education through labor’ camps, as well as in people’s homes, workplaces and in public. Torture is carried out by police and other security officials, tax and fine collectors, judges, prosecutors, court clerks, party leaders and leaders of villages………..Police routinely arrest and torture those they suspect of prostitution or vagrancy…… …In Tibet and in Xinjang Uighur Autonomous Region ( XUAR), political dissidents are routinely tortured.”  (2003, History of Punishment, Lewis Lynos)\n\nMost of the European countries and USA has also an ugly torture background not only regarding the dark age or during slavery or colonialism but in the recent history also. But at least in these countries,today, there is a certain effort to put an end (though nowadays I am quite doubtful about it because of latest USA policy ) \n\nAnyway, according to me, China still seems to be the country that torture mostly used and unfortunately, seems to be unwilling about producing a determined policy and showing an effort to prevent it.\n\nWorld Report 2006 / China\nHuman Rights Watch\nhttp://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/18/china12270.htm\n\n\nChina torture 'still widespread' \nBBC News /2 December 2005 \nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4491026.stm\n\n\nTorture - A Growing Scourge in China\nAmnesty International / 12 February 2001\nhttp://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/engASA170042001?OpenDocument&of=COUNTRIES%5CCHINA\n\n\nCountry Reports: China and Tibet\nHuman Rights Watch\nhttp://www.hrw.org/doc?t=asia&c=china
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Many people crossed the Takkla Makan - it was part of the Silk Road ( a trade route from Europe to Asia) that lead into China.  It is currently part of China but the ugyyrs in the region are Muslim and would like to be an independent country free from Han rule
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HongKong was a British District until 1997 and that's when China got HongKong back. However, HongKong still runs itsself with its own set of governemtn rules for another 50 years. That was an agreemnt they did with China. So answering your quetsion , it is not a country, it is a part of China now and follow the federal law of china except it is the only city in china that still has its own seperate set of rules. For example, If you are in HongKong, Chiness rules such not having more than one child does nto apply, you can have as many as you want :)\n\nI hope i made my asnwer clear.
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192 is the most commonly accepted answer.  However, that does not include several places such as Greenland, Western Sahara, Taiwan, Palestine, Bermuda, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, which all consider themselves countries.
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Everest wasn't discovered, it's always been there.  Western civilization has known about the Himilayas and Asia since the times of the Romans and probably before that.
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It is not surprising given the fact that once they had claimed the Sikkim.  If tomorrow China claims entire north east as its part, even then we should not be surprised.  What we should do now is bluntly ask China to stop the territorial expansion drive.  They have already taken over the Tibet which was never a part of China.  They have even laid Rail route in Tibet region, which is supposed to give greater freedom to Tibetan people, though their actual aim is to supply the military weapons on mass scale that too with speed.  Therefore India should concentrate on building up the Agni -III missile which is capable to hit Chinese cities, if it is required in future (minimum nuclear deterrence capability)
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As a matter of fact,taiwan is always be a part of China from long\nlong ago.\nthat's no doult.
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Until the invasion of China into Tibet in 1959, Tibet has been a sovereign country for centuries. Being forcefully overrun by an other country is rarely pleasant, but for the Tibetans it turned into a real disaster in the years following the take-over. People died during the invasion, although few Tibetans (being Buddhist) fought. Later consequences of Mao's policies proved devastating to the country.\nFor example, the central Beijing government ordered that certain crops should be grown in Tibet. Many of these crops were simply not suitable for the high altitude climate, resulting in many Tibetans starving to death.\nPossibly the best known disaster is the fact that in Tibet nearly all culture, philosophy and education was tightly related to Buddhism. As in Mao's China religion was considered a poison to the people, Tibetan Buddhism was almost literally wiped out. Of the estimated 6,000 monasteries, nunneries and temples only a handful were not fully destroyed. Monks and nuns were forced to break their vows and often killed if they were not prepared to break them. With the destruction of Buddhism, nearly all of Tibets cultural identity also vanished.\nHis Holiness the Dalai Lama is probably the best known propagator to a peaceful solution for the preservation of Tibetan culture and religion, but the Chinese authorities have managed not only to ignore his efforts, but to virtually bully the rest of the world into silence on the subject. (Often along the lines of: "If you want to trade with us, shut up on human rights." This method even bullied the Americans into submission....)\n\nconsidering china's population & weapons, do you think tibetans can defend themselves, even without buddhism?\n\nCould we say that the non-violent approach of the Buddhist Tibetan poeple may have provoked more violence to themselves, to the point of actually loosing their culture, and the teaching of non-violence in itself ?\n\nWar is out of date, obsolete. (dalai lama)\n1st realization: changing, decaying is inevitable.\n\nMany Buddhists have refused to take up arms under any circumstances, even knowing that they would be killed as a result. The Buddhist code that governs the life of monks permits them to defend themselves, but it forbids them to kill, even in self-defence.\n\nFor Buddhist countries this poses the difficult dilemma of how to protect the rights and lives of their citizens without breaking the principle of nonviolence.\n\nThe pure Buddhist attitude is shown in this story:\n\n    "A Vietnam veteran was overheard rebuking the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, about his unswerving dedication to non-violence.\n\n    'You're a fool' said the veteran 'what if someone had wiped out all the Buddhists in the world and you were the last one left. Would you not try to kill the person who was trying to kill you, and in doing so save Buddhism?!'\n\n    Thich Nhat Hanh answered patiently 'It would be better to let him kill me. If there is any truth to Buddhism and the Dharma it will not disappear from the face of the earth, but will reappear when seekers of truth are ready to rediscover it.\n\n    'In killing I would be betraying and abandoning the very teachings I would be seeking to preserve. So it would be better to let him kill me and remain true to the spirit of the Dharma.'"
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India. It is a democracy and China is a dictatorship. Simple as that.
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Taiwan is not an independent country (at least not yet).  It is part of China but it's location is not in mainland China. Just because it is not in the mainland, it doesn't mean it is independent. Even though Taiwan is part of China,they have different government. This is what happens in Hong Kong now.  Hong Kong went back to China in 1997 but Hong Kong has its own government and not under to one from mainland China.  This situation is called one country, two ruling system.
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You've included such interesting background information in your question. I wish I had a better answer.\n\nI only know half a dozen Tibetans. Five of them despise China, and one professes ambivalence toward China. But I certainly don't think they represent all Tibetans. \n\nYou might try posing your question in a forum that is likely to attract more Tibetans & Tibetan scholars, such as one or more of the discussion groups listed in the Tibet section of this page:\nhttp://www.case.edu/artsci/asia/asiamail.html\n(scroll down near the bottom)
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free tibeth from china
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1. Countries Of The World\nEstimates of the number of countries in the world vary, depending on how a ‘country’ (‘nation’, ‘state’) is defined. At the beginning of 2004 there were 191 countries in the United Nations. A further three clearly independent countries do not have UN membership: Republic of China (Taiwan), Switzerland, Vatican City. Another seven claim independence, most having some degree of sovereignty - Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, Abkhazia, Bougainville, Chechnya, Dniestria, and Sahara. Several other territories (eg Aruba, Greenland, Isle of Man) have some degree of identity, with their own flags, postage stamps, uniforms, etc, and there are many groups claiming territorial autonomy amidst conflict in various parts of the world (eg Nagorno Karabakh, Krajina, Kosovo). The situation continues to change, as fresh political realities emerge (eg in South Africa, Palestine, and former USSR and Yugoslavia).\n\nSource: Crystal Reference Encyclopedia, © Crystal Reference Systems Limited 2006\n2. Nationalism\nA political doctrine which views the nation as the principal unit of political organization. Underlying this is the assumption that human beings hold the characteristic of nationality, with which they identify culturally, economically, and politically. A primary aim of nationalists, therefore, is to secure the right to belong to an independent state based on a particular national grouping. Nationalism is thus associated with attempts by national groupings to secure independence from dominance by other nation-states and to maintain that position against threats to it. It is often associated with the struggle against colonialism. More broadly, nationalism can be seen as a general political stance which holds that the principal aim of political activity should be to serve the national interest as opposed to that of a particular class or grouping. In practice, the national interest is, except in extreme cases such as war, open to different interpretations, and nationalism is often no more than an attempt to give legitimacy to a particular political standpoint. Nationalism, with the exception of anti-colonial movements, is based around a conservative, and sometimes romantic political philosophy that emphasizes the nation's past.\nSelf-determination\nA doctrine dating back to the 18th-c that cultural communities and national groupings have the right to determine their own destiny, including political independence and the right to self-rule. The principle that each nation has the right to fashion its own state is incorporated in the United Nations Charter, and is a major plank in anti-colonialism\n\n4.no. vary....political, monarcy, communist, democration, regimist, etc\n5. money, egoisme, nationalisme, power\n6. look at United Nations (un) resource\nAn organization formed to maintain world peace and foster international co-operation, formally established on 24 October 1945 with 51 founder countries. Its permanent headquarters are in New York. The UN Charter, which was drafted during the war by the USA, UK, and USSR, remains virtually unaltered despite the growth in membership and activities. There are six ‘principal organs’. The General Assembly is the plenary body which controls much of the UN's work, supervises the subsidiary organs, sets priorities, and debates major issues of international affairs. The 15-member Security Council is dominated by the five permanent members (China, France, Russia, UK, and USA) who each have the power of veto over any resolutions; the remaining 10 are elected for 2-year periods. The primary role of the Council is to maintain international peace and security; its decisions, unlike those of the General Assembly, are binding on all other members. It is empowered to order mandatory sanctions, call for ceasefires, and establish peacekeeping forces (these forces were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1988). The use of the veto has prevented it from intervening in a number
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There is no singular head of Buddhism. \nHis Holiness the Dalai Lama is only the religious leader of Tibet .
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It's the border between Nepal and China, so you could say it's in China I guess.