By your own post #47 your reading of history would justify Mongol claims to China. Or Chinese claims to Mongolia. Or Chinese claims to the ‘Stans (and yes, China is beginning to assert itself in the ‘Stans).
Or British claims to the US, since they’ve only been gone a couple hundred years.
The fact is that until the early fifties China never occupied Tibet. Tibet paid an annual fee to China to be left alone, and that ended in 1913.
Tibet was independent until the invasion of 1953. Chinese historians may differ. Pro-Chinese historians may differ, and pro-Chinese posters may differ as well. The fact remains that it ruled itself until 1953 when China invaded. If you disagree, who was the Chinese governor prior to 1953? Where were his Chinese troops garrisoned? There wasn’t one, and there weren’t any.
This thread is a pretty good litmus test, to see who comes out of the woodwork to defend Chinese claims to a country that has no desire to be Chinese and never did.
Great post...you’re right. Threads like these make it easy to identify the ChiComs on this forum. I guess certain fellow FReepers (and I don’t include the PLAN trolls in this list) will do/say anything in exchange for ChiCom favors.