https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0 Beyond Intractability article en-us 2016-11-17 18:52:58 UTC 2025-11-12 23:58:43 UTC hello@padlet.com mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/138525283 2016-11-17 18:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/138525283 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/138525920 2016-11-17 18:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/138525920 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139444707 In March 2008 Tibet broke out in widespread protests all over the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as well as in the ethnically Tibetan areas of neighboring provinces]]> 2016-11-22 18:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139444707 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139445229 Tibet is known for its deeply religious and peaceful Buddhist people]]> 2016-11-22 18:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139445229 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139445541 Some of these protests were peaceful, but others turned into riots and violence]]> 2016-11-22 18:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139445541 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139445809 "When violent rioting broke out in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, on March 14, 2008, after four days of peaceful protests, businesses owned by Chinese were looted and burned. At least 19 people were killed, most of them Han Chinese."]]> 2016-11-22 18:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139445809 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139446393 The Chinese government's response to the protests and riots throughout Tibet was swift and extreme]]> 2016-11-22 18:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139446393 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139446950 By some estimates, the March protests culminated in the deaths of over 100 "unarmed" Tibetans — many of them Buddhist monks.]]> 2016-11-22 18:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139446950 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139498306 . In 1950, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), winners of the 1949 Chinese Civil War, launched an invasion of Tibet. From Tibet's perspective, this invasion interrupted centuries of independent nationhood.]]> 2016-11-23 01:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139498306 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139498489  The Chinese, meanwhile, believed they were simply reestablishing control of part of their sovereign territory, which had been wrested from them during the past century of foreign imperialism and precipitating civil war.]]> 2016-11-23 01:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139498489 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139498687  Later, a 1959 Tibetan uprising — partly nonviolent, partly violent, and largely inspired and led by the CIA, was violently squashed by the Chinese.]]> 2016-11-23 01:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139498687 mthieme18 https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139498701 The CCP created the TAR in 1965, nominally establishing Tibet's regional autonomy; however, in practice Tibetans enjoy minimal or zero autonomy, as Tibet's politics, economics, and increasingly its culture are controlled by Beijing.]]> 2016-11-23 01:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mthieme18/ols25dsnn1t0/wish/139498701