For almost two thousand years Tibet has existed as an autonomous nation. Only twice in the country's history have they been subjected to rule by outsiders (Chang, 31). On October 7th, 1950 eighty thousand troops of the People's Liberation Army of China invaded Tibet in an attempt to integrate Tibet with China. The Tibetan army was outnumbered as well as overpowered and twelve days later Ngabo Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan Provincial Governor, surrendered to the Chinese government (Cavendish). The agreement the two leaders signed stated, "the Tibetan government could keep their functions and rights, including an army" ("Dalai Lama Says"). Chairman Mao ev

However, China did not uphold its end of the treaty and has subjected Tibet to communist rule, completely altering Tibetan way of life. The Dalai Lama was forced into exile in 1959, and by 1979 sixty percent of Tibet's libraries had been burned. China limits the individual freedom of thought and forces imperial China's views upon Tibetans. "Even to speak against the PRC in Tibet today is a capital offense" (Chang, 31). Chinese officials have attempted to destroy every aspect of Tibetan life by forcing monks and nuns to marry, destroying Tibetan Buddhist shrines, and forbidding pictures of the Dalai Lama to be displayed. The Chinese even went so far as to promise a Tibetan peasant $100 dollars for every monk she seduced (Chang, 31). One monk, who attempted to stand up to the monstrosities being committed by the Chinese, by begging them not to use the Buddhist Scriptures as toilet paper. As a punishment his arm cut off and was told to ask God for another one (Chang, 31). The Chinese officially lifted the martial law in 1990, however many believe this was only a gesture for show. While Tibetan policies and life remained the same, the only real change was that soldiers exchanged their uniforms for plain clothes (Chang, 31). Not heeding to the terms put forth in the treaty, China is attempting to extinguish the Tibetan culture.

China forces their relationship with Tibet to become a global issue by dealing with international organizations such as the World Bank. In 1998 China requested $160 million from the World Bank to help fund the China Western Poverty Reduction Project. In an attempt to end poverty this proposed project would displace over 58,000 Tibetan farmers from their grazing lands and water sources (Reynolds, R20). World Back officials support the plan and are willing to lend China the necessary funds for the project. However, "Human rights advocates argue that the Bank's involvement in this project makes the institution complicit in the destruction of Tibetan culture" (Clark, 6). World Bank officials ardently rationalize their position on the project, claiming that it will reduce poverty for the people being moved (Clark, 6). The United States was one of those who voiced oppositions to such a program that would promote immigration to Tibet. "Members of congress are outraged that the project will further dilute the area's traditional Tibetan population and facilitate what they term the Chinese government's 'Destructive population transfer policy'" ("China's Economic Growth"). Regardless of these concerns voiced not only by the United States but also by Germany as well, a majority vote on the "World Bank Board gave the project conditional approval in June 1999, although the funds were frozen until the Bank's Inspection Panel had concluded its in

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