Amid tensions on the outskirts of India, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for an attempt to build a 'new modern socialist Tibet'.

Earlier, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had visited Tibet and reviewed the construction works along the border with India.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and chairman of China's Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a high-level meeting on Tibet in Beijing.

He said that China needs to make more efforts to maintain stability in Tibet and protect national unity.

China established its control over Tibet in 1950.

Critics who stand with the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, say that 'China did bad to the people of Tibet and the culture there'.

At this meeting of senior members of the Communist Party on the future governance of Tibet, Xi Jinping praised the achievements and also praised the officers working on the frontline, but said that to enhance unity in the region, rejuvenate it and More efforts are needed to strengthen.

According to China's official news agency Xinhua, Xi Jinping said in the meeting that 'political and ideological education needs to be emphasized more in Tibet's schools so that the seed of love for China can be sown in the hearts of every youth there'. .

Xi Jinping said that there is a need to strengthen the role of the Communist Party in Tibet and to better integrate ethnic groups.

It is in this context that he said, "We have to resolve to create a united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious and beautiful, modern, socialist Tibet."

He said that 'Tibetan Buddhism also needs to be adapted to socialism and Chinese conditions'.

But critics say that 'if China had really benefited Tibet as much as Xi Jinping claimed in the meeting, then China would not have feared separatism and neither could China help the people of Tibet through education' 'Talks about filling'.

There was talk about Tibet between the US and China tension.

In July, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US would restrict the visa of some Chinese officials to Tibet to "prevent diplomatic access and engage in human rights abuses".

He also said that the US supports the "meaningful autonomy" of Tibet.

When and how did Tibet come under Chinese occupation?

This remote area of ​​people who predominantly follow Buddhism is also known as the 'roof of the world'. Tibet is recognized as an autonomous region in China.

China says the region has had sovereignty over the centuries, while many Tibetans hold their loyalty to their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

When his followers see the Dalai Lama as a living God, China considers him a separatist threat.

The history of Tibet has been very turbulent. Sometimes he lived as a self-occupied territory, sometimes by the powerful dynasties of Mongolia and China.

But in the year 1950, China sent thousands of soldiers to wave their flag on this area. Some areas of Tibet were converted into autonomous areas and the remaining areas were merged with the Chinese provinces adjoining it.

But after a failed rebellion against China in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama had to leave Tibet and seek refuge in India, where he formed the government in exile.

Most of Tibet's Buddhist viharas were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution of China in the sixties and seventies. Thousands of Tibetans are believed to have been killed during Daman and military rule.

When did China Tibet dispute start?

The dispute between China and Tibet concerns the legal status of Tibet.

China says that Tibet has been a part of China since the middle of the thirteenth century but Tibetans say that Tibet was an independent state for many centuries and that China did not continue to possess it.

The Mongol dynasty Kublai Khan had established the Yuan Dynasty and extended his kingdom not only to Tibet but also to China, Vietnam and Korea.

Then in the seventeenth century China's Ching dynasty had relations with Tibet.

The Ching army annexed Tibet after 260 years of relationship, but within three years it was repulsed by the Tibetans, and in 1912 the Thirteenth Dalai Lama declared independence of Tibet.

Then in 1951 the Chinese army once again controlled Tibet and signed a treaty with a Tibetan delegation under which the sovereignty of Tibet was ceded to China.

The Dalai Lama fled to India and has been fighting for Tibet's autonomy ever since.

When China annexed Tibet, it was completely cut off from the outside world. After this, the Chineseization of Tibet started and the language, culture, religion and tradition of Tibet were all targeted.

Is Tibet a part of China?

There are many questions related to Sino-Tibet relations which often come to the mind of the people. Like is Tibet a part of China? What was Tibet like before China came under control? And what changed after that?

The Tibet government-in-exile says, "There is no dispute that Tibet has been under the influence of various foreign powers in different periods of history." The Mongols, the Gurkhas of Nepal, the Manchu dynasty of China and the British rulers who ruled India have all had some roles in the history of Tibet. But in other periods of history, it was Tibet that exercised power and influence over its neighbors and these neighbors included China. ''

"It is difficult to find a country in the world that has not had the influence or dominance of any foreign power in any period of history. In the case of Tibet, foreign influence or interference was for a comparatively limited time. ''

But China says that "China has had sovereignty over Tibet for more than seven hundred years and Tibet has never been an independent country." No country in the world ever recognized Tibet as an independent country.

When India considered Tibet as part of China

In June of 2003, India officially agreed that Tibet is part of China.

After the meeting of the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee with Chinese President Jiang Zemin, India for the first time considered Tibet as part of China.

At that time the NDA government was led by the BJP in India and the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the leader of the BJP. This clearly shows that the proximity of BJP and India with Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister started to increase with China. This appears to be a complete change in India's foreign policy. Earlier, the Congress Party government never made such a mistake. The Congress never recognized China's occupation of Tibet and always considered Tibet as an independent country.

Although it was then said that this recognition is indirect, but it was seen as an important step in the relationship between the two countries.

After the Vajpayee-Jiang Gemin talks, China also agreed to trade with India via Sikkim. Then this step was seen that China too has accepted Sikkim as part of India.

Indian officials had said at the time that India has not recognized the whole of Tibet, which is a large part of China, but India has recognized only that part which is considered as an autonomous Tibet region.

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