• Why does China have problems with the Dalai Lama?

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    Why does China have problems with the Dalai Lama?
    Originally Answered: Why is the Dalai Lama not liked in China?
    Before 1959, all except 5 percent of the Tibetan population were slaves or serfs in a feudal system in which they were regarded as saleable private property, had no land or freedom, and were subject to punishment by mutilation or amputation. The serfs
    were liable to be tortured or killed. Economy and culture were stagnant for centuries, life expectancy was 35.5 years, illiteracy was over 90 percent, 12 percent of Lhasa’s population were beggars, and the Dalai Lama was responsible for all of this.

    Human Rights in Tibet before 1959 by Robert Barnett
    Were all except 5 percent of the Tibetan population slaves or serfs in a feudal system before 1959? Robert Barnett corrects China’s claims.
    https://info-buddhism.com/Human-Rights-in-Tibet-before-1959_Robert_Barnett.html Dalai Lama has been working closely with CIA to cause troubles to China and made himself filthy rich as a Buddhist monk and is not shy to flaunt his collection of Rolex watches !

    CIA Tibetan program - Wikipedia
    The Chinese army launched an invasion on the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, codenamed Operation Chamdo, in October 1950, thus solidifying the origin of the tension between China and Tibet. [17] With this tension came Tibetan resistance towards China and the
    United States' interest in helping them fight the Chinese communist forces. In a memorandum from July 1958, the CIA described the growing resistance to the Chinese in Tibet. The memo noted, "During the past two and one half years, resistance has hardened
    and grown despite Chinese countermeasures that include military force as well as partial withdrawal of Chinese cadres and postponement of 'reforms' and other programs leading toward socialization" [18] In the early 1950s, the CIA inserted paramilitary
    teams from the Special Activities Division (SAD) to train and lead Tibetan resistance fighters against the People's Liberation Army of China. The Tibetans were willing to fight the Chinese, as they shared the CIA's interests in stymieing the influence of
    communism from China on Tibet. The Tibetan people started to form anti-Chinese protests under the influence of the Dalai Lama. [19] [20] However, the government of Tibet did not encourage such anti-Chinese protest. The reasons behind the Tibetan people's
    motivation for the coup was because they perceived the Communist party, especially the Chinese, to be a threat to their religion: Buddhism the religion of Tibet is a form of Buddhism known as Vajrayana . The most significant facet obstructing Chinese
    Communists from successfully infiltrating Tibet was its strong societal structure. The Ganden Phodrang led by the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism was the governing political authority in addition to being the most powerful philosophical school. Tibetan
    polity was known as a theocracy. Monasteries historically tried to create peace and understanding between the people who gave them the power of mass ideological guidance. [21] Gyalo Thondup, the Dalai Lama's brother, was exiled to India and initiated
    contact with the Americans. Gyalo reached out to the Americans who were intrigued with the opportunity to create a ‘running sore for the reds,’ as a part of its global anti-communist campaign. These contacts made by the Dalai's brother eventually led
    to a more than 2 decade long campaign against the Chinese government supported by the CIA. [22] His American contacts enabled Tibetans to go over first to Saipan and then to the U.S. for training. They were trained for 5 months on combat maneuvers. [23]
    These teams selected and then trained Tibetan soldiers in the Rocky Mountains of the United States; [21] as well as at Camp Hale in Colorado . [24] [25] The SAD teams then advised and led these commandos against the Chinese, both from Nepal and India. In
    addition, SAD Paramilitary Officers were responsible for the Dalai Lama 's clandestine escape to India, narrowly escaping capture by the Chinese government. The Dalai Lama had also gotten very ill during the journe
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_Tibetan_program

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