SLAUGHTER of the Tibetans

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SLAUGHTER of the Tibetans

• By Mikchkiel and Mathias

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This is Tibet
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Who was involved?

• China
• Tibet
• Tibet is now apart of China.
• Fun fact!!gtgtBut before it was part of China it
  was independent. Its king married a Chinese
  princess, so China thought Tibet was rightfully
  theirs.

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Who was involved?

• Tibetans
• Chinese people

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When?

• 1949 China invades eastern Tibet
• 1951 The riots against he Chinese occupations
  left 87,000 Tibetans dead.
• 1959 the Dalai Lama escapes from Lhasa
• 1966 During the "cultural revolution" 2,692
  Tibetan monasteries were destroyed.

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Why?

• As said before in the fun fact Tibet was
  independent from China, but China thought it had
  a right to have Tibet. Tibetans being very
  peaceful people could not fight back with a lot
  of force.

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Series of Events

• When China took over Tibet had a government
  controlled by the Dalai Lama.
• China invaded July 1949.
• China at first tried to woo the Tibetans, but
  after China lost a large number of troops by
  guerilla movement 100,000 more Chinese troops
  were added to end the uprising.
• Thousands of Tibetan people surrounded the home
  of the Dalai Lama around the walls. To protect it.

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More series of events

• The Chinese stationed Artillery around the city,
  When Tibetans had cannons that were moved by
  donkeys.
• The Chinese and Tibetans fought for 2 days hand
  to hand in the streets. The Tibetans horribly
  outnumbered.
• The Chinese won the fight and shelled the city.
• Thousands were killed and they publicly executed
  the body guards of the Dalai Lama.

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Numbers

• About 56 thousand were killed at that time. The
  whole conflict killed 2.2 million people. 1
  million from armed conflict and the rest from
  poverty and lack of food.

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Bad Guys

• Moa Zedong was the Communist Leader of China
• Brigadier Fu was the leader of the Chinese Army.

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Tibet NOW

• Tibet is still controlled by China, however,
  there are not mass killings going on anymore.
• The Tibetans being Buddhist, cannot express
  religion or have pictures of the Dalai Llama or
  they will be arrested.
• Tibetans are the Minority in Tibet.

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Citations

• Cumming, Chris. "China." China- Rising Asian
  Uprising. 18 Jan 2007 lthttp//www.garnertedarmstro
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  rmy1.jpggt.
• "China Highlights." 4 Day Lhasa City Tour. 2006.
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  hlenstart3tbnidr4nBxYGJmyh37Mtbnh109tbnw
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  1026hl3Den26lr3D26sa3DGgt.
• Scaruffi, Piero . "Timeline of Tibet." scaruffi.
  1999. 19 Jan 2007 lthttp//www.scaruffi.com/politic
  s/tibet.htmlgt.