Tibet Has Never Been a Part of China: Chinese Professor.

[Peter Terpstra]

A Chinese professor during a presentation of his studies on the historical
documents of Tibet and China told that Tibet has never been a part of
China. The professor presented his research at the special event organized
by the Tibetan Youth Congress at Hotel Tibet in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala,
the headquarter of the exile Tibetan administration.

“His [Professor Hon Shiang Lau] historical proof included more than
3000 years of historical documents such as text, daily records, and
historical maps. He said that his research paper’s primary aim is to
help the Chinese people understand and know that Tibet was historically
never a part of China, unlike the Chinese Communist Party claims.” said
the report in the Tibet Post International.

Professor Lau has told that he wants to prove that Tibet has always been
an independent country. During his lecture, he presented the histories
of Ming and Qing dynasties and state that Tibet was treated as foreign
country of China during Ming and Qing dynasties, administratively didn’t
collect tax from Tibet as they did other part of Chinese territory and
individually, Ming Emperor Wuzong sent an ambassador to invite Tibetan
monks according to the report.

The Chinese scholar also explained that an abundance of unequivocal
evidence in Chinese pre-1949 primary-source governmental documents and
government-sanctioned publications show that, Tibet was never part of
China before 1949, contradicting China’s claim over Tibet through
history. Professor Lau also added that in ‘The Structure of Great Ming
Unification Record’, not only Tibet was excluded from the China’s
territory, it is explicitly labeled as a foreign entity and grouped with
many other equally foreign entities as per the TPI report.

After the rise of communist China, Tibet was forcibly annexed and claimed
it as a part of China historically. While the violent invasion led to the
massacre of thousands of Tibetans at the hand of Chinese army, invaluable
cultural sites and relics were destroyed in an effort to wipe out the
very unique identity of Tibetans. However, His Holiness the Dalai Lama led
around eighty thousand Tibetans into exile in India and gradually revived
the Tibetan religion and culture, which flourishes around the world today.

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