Empire Without Colonialism: Tibet and the CIA in Postcolonial India

"Panel: The Place of Empire in Postcolonial South Asia, The Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (WCAAS), September 14, 2008
Carole McGranahan, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder

[@lcbreezyl]

If I'm not mistaken China did liberate Tibet. Tibet was ruled by a warrior classs in a feudal system.
The cia is America's colonial enforcers (for lack of better words) look what they have done in South America, Africa, Asia the whole damn world.

[@pemchen]

lcbreezyl if u think tibet is liberated by china then why there were 104+ selfimmolation happens in Tibet under Chinese govrnt. ?

[@nikiloving]

@@pemchen they were brainwashed by high lamas. and they also hurt and killed other local tibetans as well.

[@godsnkingsajan7190]

Truth and people are still blaming the Chinese and the Muslim worlds when it’s the USA who interferes in others internal matters.

[@RahulSharma-bc7mh]

@@godsnkingsajan7190 none of you are tibetan Or chinese it's not just your government you western freaks seem to always assume higher understanding when talking about other people's life.

[@theodore8178]

The word now is imperialist

[@ourlegacy]

Not much of an anthropological, linguistic, or political scholar if she totally rewrites and ignores the most fundamental historical fact that during WWII and post-colonial era, Old Tibet was divided religiously and politically where many religious and Tibetan revolutionaries (khampas, GMD Nationalist and Tibetan Communist Party) fought for human rights, education, the socio-economic rights of the voiceless common Tibetan people and to reform and modernize Tibetan societies against the corruption and exploitation of the aristocratic theocratic pro-British Indian (and later CIA) Lhasa government. The peaceful liberation of Tibet (or the Chinese invasion or communist takeover cold war propaganda) didn't just happen in a vaccum without the cooperation of Tibetan masses, many Tibetans in post-colonial time felt and experienced that going to work for the exiled aristocrats and monks would have meant going to work to restore the exploitive unequal theocratic aristocratic system which the British and the Free-Tibet NGOs have finaced ironically in the name of democracy and human rights.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

so the Tibetan monks were evil?

[@dreamadventure8220]

Tibetan freedom struggle is indeed a unique case in post colonial human history, will they be able to have their freedom back from one of strongest country with their meagre population, will be interesting to observe. And for now all i can lend to this enigma is moral support. Free Tibet

[@jose000]

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[@flyonthewall37]

She needs to learn about Chinese history and know that Tibet has been part of China on and off in the last 1300 years. The current relationship with China is just another period in China/Tibet history.

[@petagonkyi]

China has been part of Japan in 20th century. Mongol owned Chinese from 13-20th century.

[@user-ef2cw9gv7n]

Yes, but according to the post-World War II agreement, Japan must return to China's territory, including the Diaoyu Islands, but because of the cold war, the United States to protect Japan, China and Japan to create the contradiction, the Chinese should be the Diaoyu Islands to Japan, The problem to Pakistan and India, the United States and Britain as evil, and Tibet has always been part of China, you can see the emperor retreat imperial edict, as well as the Republic of China map of the United States, Britain, Russia are recognized, but India is sure to rob the Chinese weakness Southern Tibet

[@pemchen]

flyonthewall37 Tibet was occupied by mogolian but not China.. In 19th century durin Ching dinasty both country ageery of border and build three pillers. One piller was build on the border of china and tibet.

[@arnabsanyal6603]

But that was during Qing Dynasty and it was a Manchu dynasty

[@tendorji]

Kellogg also developed Special "Khampa Tsampa," a special diet for Tibetans in Camp Hale in Colorado. Good old Times!
Tibet was never a part of China, We have fought wars with China, Nepal, Ladhak, Bhutan and British India. Never was the Chinese involved. Tibet never paid a Dime to China as TAX. Nixon and Kissinger stopped the CIA aid and worked with CCP in slaughtering 5000 Tibetans in the mountains.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

That sounds exactly like what Kissinger and Nixon would do. I haven't listened to the lecture yet. thanks

[@Ateshtesh]

Just see a map of china over the timr and you will see that Tibet WAS part of China

[@Ateshtesh]

Oh i dormir to mension, but the Dalai Lama was founded by the CIA, its in the official website of the ISA government in the leaked files if you want to checkout.