Tibet’s Forgotten Independence: China’s Biggest Historical Lie – OpEd

Tibet’s assertion of sovereignty in 1913 under the 13th Dalai Lama stands as a direct rebuttal to Beijing’s claim that Tibet was “always part of China.” From military victories over Qing forces to decades of autonomous governance, history tells a far more inconvenient truth for the Chinese Communist Party.

For more than seven decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has insisted that Tibet has been an inseparable part of China “since ancient times.”

This claim has been repeated...