[ThereBeDragons]

So our influx of Chinese posters proclaiming that Tibet has been part of China since the Yuan Dynasty and that Americans / Australians who criticize China's control of Tibet should pack up and go to Europe actually got me thinking. What represents a good parallel to the Chinese invasion of Tibet in the 1950s?

Out of various parallels put forth - colonization of the Americas, Australia, Quebec, Ireland, Scotland, the Lone Star Republic, any number of wars of independence, Hawaii, the Mexican-American War, the Confederacy, Kosovo, the British Empire, the Phillipines, the list goes on - I am trying to figure out a few to put it in context.

Things to consider, I think, might be - said area's historical relation with the occupying country and the time period in which said occupation / conquering took place and how much they have become firmly established.

Or is this thread approaching the idea from a completely wrong angle (implicitly invoking concepts of "justice" and "morality" and what-not) and ultimately extremely pointless?

Discuss.

[droodle]

The Japanese occupation of Korea?
The Qing (?) invasion of Outer Mongolia?

Ordinary Mongols were not allowed to travel outside their own leagues. While there had been Han Chinese farmers in what is now Inner Mongolia since the time of Altan Khan, mass settlement began in the late nineteenth century. The Manchus were becoming increasingly sinicized, and faced with the Russian threat, they began to encourage Han Chinese farmers to settle in both Mongolia and Manchuria. This policy has been followed by subsequent governments. The railroads that were being built in these regions were especially useful to the Han Chinese settlers. Land was either sold by Mongol Princes, or leased to Han Chinese farmers, or simply taken away from the nomads and given to Han Chinese farmers.)

[JMJX]

The Japanese occupation of Korea?
The Qing (?) invasion of Outer Mongolia?

Ordinary Mongols were not allowed to travel outside their own leagues. While there had been Han Chinese farmers in what is now Inner Mongolia since the time of Altan Khan, mass settlement began in the late nineteenth century. The Manchus were becoming increasingly sinicized, and faced with the Russian threat, they began to encourage Han Chinese farmers to settle in both Mongolia and Manchuria. This policy has been followed by subsequent governments. The railroads that were being built in these regions were especially useful to the Han Chinese settlers. Land was either sold by Mongol Princes, or leased to Han Chinese farmers, or simply taken away from the nomads and given to Han Chinese farmers.)

The US occupation of Guam, of Confederation States of America?

First of all, Manchu Invaded Mongols, then invaded Ming which is established by Han, don't get it backwards.
Second of all, When Qing was first established, Hans were strictly disallowed go into the region of Manchuria. If you don't know Chinese history, do everyone a favor, shut up.