In the mid-nineteenth century Britain made repeated overtures to Tibet to open a land route for trade purposes, essentially a covert design to expand the plunder of China. The Tibetans were fearful of Britain, so they always rebuffed British offers. In the first two years of the twentieth century the British made up their mind to force open Tibet, instead of waiting for Tibetan consent.
The meticulous planning to attack Tibet started when George Nathaniel Curzon was the Viceroy of British-India. A 28 year old Curzon who had embarked upon a tour of Asia in 1887, much to the dislike of his austere father who believed that landowners should stay on their land and not roam the world, continued travelling till 1895, and had been mesmerised by the wealth of the East.
Four years after his travels in Asia, Curzon at the age of forty was picked from a junior governmental office in Britain to the British Raj on the 6th of January 1899. This ambitious man often described as an out-and-out imperialist, who would continue to hold the high office of Viceroy till the 18th of November 1905, desired to earn a name for himself, and chose to fulfil his ambition through the expansion of the British Raj by colonisation of the adjoining countries.
Tibet lying to the immediate north, strategically located between China, India and Russia, drew his attention. He strongly advocated the colonisation of Tibet on the pretext to create a buffer between powerful Russia and his British Indian Empire, but the real intention perhaps was to expand the lucrative opium trade in China, which had been subjugated by the British in the Opium Wars half a century earlier.
I personally live in Belgium. I think nobody that speaks any other language then dutch should have the right to even live in Belgium.
v1ruzb00t3r 11 months ago
Free Tibet
tenzin881 11 months ago
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Things that foreigners should know about Tibet, but probably don't
Ganeschar 1 year ago
Peacemetta is just another CCP Troll as you can find everywhere !
Ganeschar 1 year ago
British imperialists wanted to subjugate Tibet 50 years after they had bullied and raped the Chinese during the Opium Wars (1938-early 1940s).
Tibet is the HIGHEST TERRAIN; and in war (even taught by Sun Tzu), those who command high territory will win the war.
Do you need a POLITICAL SCIENCE DEGREE to understand why the British (Western powers and now U.S.) are salivating for Tibet....
CHINA WILL NOT LET THESE PIRATES TAKE HIGH GROUND
peacemetta 3 years ago
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In the mid-nineteenth century Britain made repeated overtures to Tibet to open a land route for trade purposes, essentially a covert design to expand the plunder of China. The Tibetans were fearful of Britain, so they always rebuffed British offers. In the first two years of the twentieth century the British made up their mind to force open Tibet, instead of waiting for Tibetan consent.
peacemetta 3 years ago
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The meticulous planning to attack Tibet started when George Nathaniel Curzon was the Viceroy of British-India. A 28 year old Curzon who had embarked upon a tour of Asia in 1887, much to the dislike of his austere father who believed that landowners should stay on their land and not roam the world, continued travelling till 1895, and had been mesmerised by the wealth of the East.
peacemetta 3 years ago
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Four years after his travels in Asia, Curzon at the age of forty was picked from a junior governmental office in Britain to the British Raj on the 6th of January 1899. This ambitious man often described as an out-and-out imperialist, who would continue to hold the high office of Viceroy till the 18th of November 1905, desired to earn a name for himself, and chose to fulfil his ambition through the expansion of the British Raj by colonisation of the adjoining countries.
peacemetta 3 years ago
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Tibet lying to the immediate north, strategically located between China, India and Russia, drew his attention. He strongly advocated the colonisation of Tibet on the pretext to create a buffer between powerful Russia and his British Indian Empire, but the real intention perhaps was to expand the lucrative opium trade in China, which had been subjugated by the British in the Opium Wars half a century earlier.
peacemetta 3 years ago
Wow Tibetan flag hanging on chinese embassy! big blow to china! thats the spirit! Keep it up! BHOD GYALO !
silkybreeze 3 years ago