In 1914, the British and Tibetans signed the Simla Convention recognizing Chinese suzerainty over Outer Tibet, but also the full autonomy for internal matters of the Tibetan government. The Chinese refused to sign the Convention.
The border that passes between autonomy and independence is repeated today in the space of confrontation between the Central Tibetan Administration and the Government of China.
The collapse of the empire and an adult Dalai Lama were two conditions which, when combined, gave Tibet the possibility of achieving independence.
The expansion hypothesis is verified by the expansion of the Chinese surveillance technology. This threatens liberal democracy through the accumulation of illiberal acts.
China must revisit its strategies and exploring alternative means will be necessary in order to successfully attain national integration and a multi-ethnic China.
Investing adequate resources to the promotion of improved intercultural competence in study abroad students is not a luxury, but a necessity.
Indigenous peoples find themselves locked in power struggles with states and transnational actors who resist their claims, raising important questions in theory and practice.
Most often, what we think we know about the predictabilities of religious behavior is confounded by political events and the role that religious actors play within them.
Until China acknowledges its international obligations and stops using sovereignty as a shield, the deplorable human rights situation in Tibet seems destined to continue.
Tibetans have been abandoned to their fate. Neither the USA nor Russia wish to set the agenda and engage directly with China over self-rule for the indigenous Tibetans.
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