Invasion Tibet

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On October 7th 1950, Chinese troops invaded Tibet, bringing to sudden and violent end Tibet’s centuries old isolation beyond the Himalayas. Tibet’s unique brand of Buddhism formed the core of Tibetan culture and society, a radical contrast to the materialist anti-religion dogma of the Chinese communists. In the wake of the invasion, the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s Spiritual and temporal leader, and nearly 100,000 Tibetans fled into exile in India. In the years after, Tibet’s remarkable culture and its inhabitants, have been systematically persecuted. Alexander Solzhenitsyn described China’s rule in Tibet as “more brutal and inhuman than any other communist regime in the world.”


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