Tibet Betrayed by the World: Tibet’s Struggle for Freedom

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On April 28, 1954, history was made. Never before had a nation offered another country the opportunity to occupy its immediate neighbour, even though they did not share a common border, sacrificing strategic interests in the process. Strangely, the country directly affected by this decision was not even consulted. Adding to the oddity, the Indian government continued to defend China’s betrayal of Tibet in international forums and misled its citizens. How the India-Tibet border was transformed into the Sino-Indian border in 1954 is both intriguing and tragic.

Led by Great Britain, several nations that had exploited Tibet for decades for their one-sided benefits brazenly abandoned it during its time of crisis, feigning ignorance about its political status. Tibet, as a theocracy with no armed forces and no reliable allies, became an alluring target for an expansionist China.

The future of Tibet remains a geostrategically important issue, not only for India but for the world at large, as it confronts the outrageous expansionist and hegemonic ambitions of the People’s Republic of China. Despite China’s seven-decade-long efforts to subdue Tibetan nationalism, religion, culture, and heritage through subversive means, the persistence of Tibetan identity suggests that the resurrection of Tibet is not a myth but a possibility in the near future.