Chinese President announces construction of 'New Modern Socialist Tibet'

 Amid recent tensions with India, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to build a "new modern socialist Tibet." Earlier, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Tibet and inspected the ongoing construction work along the Indian border. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and chairman of China's Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a high-level meeting on Tibet in Beijing. He said China needs to make more efforts to maintain stability in Tibet and safeguard national unity. China gained control of Tibet in 1950.

Critics who have sided with the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, say "China has mistreated Tibet and its culture." At a meeting of senior Communist Party members on Tibet's future, Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the achievements and frontline officials, but said more efforts were needed to strengthen unity in the region. Need According to China's state news agency, Xi Jinping said at the meeting that "more emphasis needs to be placed on political and ideological education in Tibetan schools so that the seeds of love for China can be sown in the hearts of every young person there." '

Xi Jinping said there was a need to strengthen the role of the Communist Party in Tibet and better unite ethnic groups. In this context, he said, "We must pledge to build a united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious and beautiful, modern, socialist Tibet."

"Tibetan Buddhism also needs to be adapted to socialism and Chinese conditions," he said. But critics say that if China had really benefited Tibet as much as Xi Jinping claimed at the summit, China would not have been afraid of separatism, nor would China have taught the Tibetan people through education. Can create consciousness. Tibet was also discussed between China and the United States. In July, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would ban visas for some Chinese officials in order to "block Chinese diplomatic access and engage in human rights abuses." He also said the United States supports Tibet's "meaningful sovereignty."

This remote area where the inhabitants are mainly Buddhists is also called the 'roof of the world'. Tibet is also called the Autonomous Region of China. China says it has gained sovereignty over the region for centuries, while many Tibetans remain loyal to their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. When the Dalai Lama's followers see him as a living god, China sees him as a separatist threat. Tibet's history has been tumultuous. Sometimes it was an autonomous region and sometimes it was ruled by powerful families from Mongolia and China.

In 1950, China sent thousands of troops to the area to hoist its flag. Some areas of Tibet were turned into autonomous regions and the rest were merged with the adjoining Chinese provinces. But after a failed uprising against China in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama had to leave Tibet and seek refuge in India, where he formed a government in exile. Most of Tibet's Buddhist monasteries were destroyed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, and thousands of Tibetans are believed to have died during Daman and military rule. China says Tibet has been part of China since the mid-13th century, but Tibetans say Tibet has been an independent state for centuries and cannot be occupied by China. The Mongol king Kablai Khan established the Yuan Empire and extended it not only to Tibet but also to China, Vietnam and Korea. Then in the 17th century, the Qing dynasty of China had relations with Tibet. The Chung army annexed Tibet after 260 years of relations, but within three years the Tibetans repulsed them, and in 1912 the thirteenth Dalai Lama declared Tibetan independence.

Then, in 1951, the Chinese army regained control of Tibet and entered into an agreement with the Tibetan delegation under which Tibetan sovereignty was ceded to China. The Dalai Lama moved to India and has been fighting for Tibetan independence ever since. When China occupied Tibet, it was completely cut off from the outside world, and Tibetan 'Chineseization' began, targeting Tibetan language, culture, religion and traditions. There are many questions about Sino-Tibetan relations that come to mind. Like is Tibet part of China? What was Tibet like before it came under Chinese rule? And what has changed since then? The Tibetan government-in-exile says there is no dispute that Tibet has been under the influence of various foreign powers in the past. The Mongols, the Gorkhas of Nepal, the Manchu dynasty of China and the British who ruled India have played some role in the history of Tibet.But in other periods of history, it was Tibet that exercised power and influence over its neighbors, including China. "In today's world, it is difficult to find a country that has not been influenced by any external power in any period of history, but in the case of Tibet, foreign influence or interference has been very short-lived." But China says China has ruled Tibet for more than 700 years and has never been an independent country. No country in the world has recognized Tibet as an independent country. ”When India declared Tibet part of China. In June 2003, India formally agreed that Tibet was part of China. For the first time since then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin, India has declared Tibet part of China. This was considered an important step in the relations between the two countries. After the Vajpayee-Jiang Zemin talks, China also agreed to trade with India via Sikkim, after which the move was seen as a sign that China has also recognized Sikkim as part of India. Indian officials at the time said that India did not recognize the whole of Tibet, which is a large part of China, but only the part that is considered an autonomous region of Tibet.