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'''Tibet''' is a [[sovereign[[ [[nation]] under [[military]] occupation of the [[People]]'s Liberation Army]] of the [[Communist Party of China]] in a mountainous region geographically between [[India]] and [[China]]. It was independent of outside interference and control until it was invaded by the Chinese Communists in 1951. They suppressed [[Buddhist]] culture and moved in hundreds of thousands of ethnic Chinese including occupation forces. The Chinese government considers Tibet to be geographically part of China, and has made Tibet an [[Autonomous Region]]. Its capital is [[Lhasa]]. Historical Tibet included Qinghai, Western Sichuan and Northern Yunnan. <ref>https://freetibet.org/about/location</ref>

'''Tibet''' is a [[sovereign]] [[nation]] under [[military]] occupation of the [[People]]'s Liberation Army]] of the [[Communist Party of China]] in a mountainous region geographically between [[India]] and [[China]]. It was independent of outside interference and control until it was invaded by the Chinese Communists in 1951. They suppressed [[Buddhist]] culture and moved in hundreds of thousands of ethnic Chinese including occupation forces. The Chinese government considers Tibet to be geographically part of China, and has made Tibet an [[Autonomous Region]]. Its capital is [[Lhasa]]. Historical Tibet included Qinghai, Western Sichuan and Northern Yunnan. <ref>https://freetibet.org/about/location</ref>

The spiritual leader and [[Head of State]] of Tibet is His Holiness the 14th [[Dalai Lama]], currently in exile in India.<ref>[http://www.dalailama.com/ The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama]</ref> Tibet has the largest number of monks in the world with almost 1/3 of the population being a monk. [http://www.tibettours.com/people-monks.html] In Tibetan Buddhism, the top 5% is the Dalai Lama with government officials and the priesthood while the other 95% is the serfs.<ref>https://info-buddhism.com/Human-Rights-in-Tibet-before-1959_Robert_Barnett.html</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/tibet-china-feudalism</ref>

The spiritual leader and [[Head of State]] of Tibet is His Holiness the 14th [[Dalai Lama]], currently in exile in India.<ref>[http://www.dalailama.com/ The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama]</ref> Tibet has the largest number of monks in the world with almost 1/3 of the population being a monk. [http://www.tibettours.com/people-monks.html] In Tibetan Buddhism, the top 5% is the Dalai Lama with government officials and the priesthood while the other 95% is the serfs.<ref>https://info-buddhism.com/Human-Rights-in-Tibet-before-1959_Robert_Barnett.html</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/tibet-china-feudalism</ref>