Western power In Tibet before 1950 / 98 photos

refer to:
http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/index.php
a site of Oxford University with 6,000 old photographs of Tibet!
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The True Face Of The Dalai Lama
by Kalovski at 4-2-8
http://www.rense.com/general81/faeeof.htm
[Part.7]
Bitter Poverty, Early Death




The people lived with constant cold and hunger. Serfs endlessly gathered scarce wood for their
masters. But their own huts were only heated by small cooking fires of yak dung. Before the
revolution there was no electricity in Tibet. The darkness was only lit by flickering yak-butter
lamps.
Serfs were often sick from malnutrition. The traditional food of the masses is a mush made from
tea, yak butter, and a barley flour called tsampa. Serfs rarely tasted meat. One 1940 study of
eastern Tibet says that 38 percent of households never got any tea­and drank only wild herbs or
"white tea" (boiled water). Seventy-five percent of the households were forced at times to eat
grass. Half of the people couldn't afford butter­the main source of protein available.
Meanwhile, a major shrine, the Jokka Kang, burned four tons of yak butter offerings daily. It
has been estimated that one-third of all the butter produced in Tibet went up in smoke in nearly
3,000 temples, not counting the small alters in each house.
In old Tibet, nothing was known about basic hygiene, sanitation, or the fact that germs caused
disease. For ordinary people, there were no outhouses, sewers or toilets. The lamas taught that
disease and death were caused by sinful "impiety." They said that chanting, obedience, paying
monks money and swallowing prayer scrolls was the only real protection from disease.
Old Tibet's superstition, feudal practices and low productive forces caused the people to suffer
terribly from disease. Most children died before their first year. Even most Dalai Lamas did not
make it to 18 years old and died before their coronations. A third of the population had
smallpox. A 1925 smallpox epidemic killed 7,000 in Lhasa. It is not known how many died in the
countryside. Leprosy, tuberculosis, goiter, tetanus, blindness and ulcers were very common.
Feudal sexual customs spread venereal disease, including in the monasteries. Before the
revolution, about 90 percent of the population was infected­causing widespread sterility and
death. Later, under the leadership of Mao Tsetung, the revolution was able to greatly reduce
these illnesses­but it required intense class struggle against the lamas and their religious
superstitions. The monks denounced antibiotics and public health campaigns, saying it was a sin
to kill lice or even germs! The monks denounced the People's Liberation Army for eliminating the
large bands of wild, rabies-infested dogs that terrorized people across Tibet. (Still today, one
of the "charges" against the Maoist revolution is that it "killed dogs"!)
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[iamlumin]

So what! The Tibetans were looking for help from anyone. The international community was a bit preoccupied with other matters and Tibet being a Buddhist nation and not Christian the fundamentally Christian leaders the US simply didn't care. I would have welcomed more help from the West but in reality is mostly propaganda, as when the invasion occurred there were less then a handful of Westerners in Tibet and none for military reasons at that point.

[gbmkhm01]

Poor iamlumin, you seem to know nothing about the history of Tibet aggression by Britain.

[iamlumin]

I know about it very well, thank you. However, the aggression of the Chinese has been far more damaging, relentless, and continues on even today. A young man was beaten to death two weeks ago because he protested Chinese rule. Thousands interrogated in "strike hard" campaign and hundreds arrested for refusing to celebrate the New Year. Thanks for the "liberation" but no thanks. We want our country back!

[gbmkhm01]

hundreds arrested for refusing to celebrate the New Year? u have still a long way to go to become a shrewd liar, I guess.

[ogiotash]

I wonder what makes you feel, you know so much about the past Tibet? Do you know whats going on in Tibet at this very present moment? If one day communist thugs put a iron hot grill into your ass, then you will be more objective about the Tibet issue.

[gbmkhm01]

Of course Dalai Lama knows much more about the past of Tibet than me. But he has never mentioned it in his innumerable lectures. Could u tell me WHY?

[ervinc6]

Lol why don't you show the slums and the slaves fucktard?

[ervinc6]

Hahaha. Stfu dipshit. If you ever meat a Chinese you will see we love the ccp. Take your delusional head out of your ass. You will burn to the ground before we ever let Tibet free.

[thomasbachelor]

Oh, I should just say that eventually the Chinese will overthrow the CCP, and there will be political freedom on China. At this time, the Chinese will realise the truth about Mao and his horrendous failures and cruelties. They will also realise the suffering of the Tibetans under the rule of the Chinese. They will see that the Tibetans want freedom, and it will be given to them. Also, the Chinese will more deeply embrace their Buddhist heritage, and also the Dalai Lama. Then we will be friends!

[thomasbachelor]

The wonderful thing about British imperial activity in Tibet is that it was never destined to last as a military presence. The invasion of Tibet at the start of the 20th Century was aimed at forcing trade between Tibet and British India. The British withdrew from India, South Africa, Egypt, Hong Kong, and various other imperial territories. The problem with Chinese communist imperialism is that they don't realise that at some point they have to withdraw their forces. However, the time will come.

[gengar77]

in 1904 the british invaded tibet fearing russian motives in tibet.u have to remember around that time both russia and britain were vying for influence in that region.the bloody invasion ended with a treaty between "BRITAIN AND CHINA" in 1906.

[barbarellatx]

WHO IS THIS MORAN?????>>>>>>>>gbmkhm01 (4 months ago)

[TheMightyGuri]

when did the british army occupied tibet? and when did they left tibet???

[iamlumin]

Ya, the Chinese government is very honest, never lies, seeks to hide anything, never cuts off YouTube access or decides what people can see and not see. That never happens, right? There's medications available for people like you. It's never a problem until it arrives at your door. Good luck with that approach.