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| About Tibet |
Tibet lies at the centre of Asia,
with an area of 2.5 million square kilometers. The
earth's highest mountains, a vast arid plateau and
great river valleys make up the physical homeland
of 6 million Tibetans. It has an average altitude
of 13,000 feet above sea level.
Tibet is comprised of the three provinces of Amdo
(now split by China into the provinces of Qinghai,
Gansu & Sichuan), Kham (largely incorporated
into the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and
Qinghai), and U-Tsang (which, together with western
Kham, is today referred to by China as the Tibet
Autonomous Region).
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) comprises less
than half of historic Tibet and was created by China
in 1965 for administrative reasons. It is important
to note that when Chinese officials and publications
use the term "Tibet" they mean only the
TAR.
Tibetans use the term Tibet to mean the three provinces
described above, i.e., the area traditionally known
as Tibet before the 1949-50 invasion.
Despite over 40 years of Chinese occupation of Tibet,
the Tibetan people refuse to be conquered and subjugated
by China.
The present Chinese policy, a combination of demographic
and economic manipulation, and discrimination, aims
to suppress the Tibetan issue by changing the very
character and the identity of Tibet and its people.
Today Tibetans are outnumbered by Han Chinese population
in their own homeland. |
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