China and Tibet

So imperialism, although most of the time done by force,doesn't have to bring negative effects. Tibet has been controlled by China since 1959 when the Dalai Lama's troops were defeated by the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army and he went into exile in India;then, in 1965 it was declared an autonomous region of China. Many positive things happened: they conserved a Dalia Lama as head along with a regional government, serfs were allowed to vote, they abolished slavery, many of the taxes were eliminated, and serfs where given jobs. Nowadays in Tibet, they have religious freedom and religion is no longer used as an instrument of repression. Education has been expanded and over 85% of children attend school, medicine has grown and not to mention economy and techonoly, which have grown as well. I think that Tibet wouldn't have the same growth if it was never taken by imperialist China, and that everything was an advantage that brough many positive things to the country and its people although today they are having problems because of the Dalai Lama. The Chinese are waiting for him to die so that they can have more control over Tibetans, and the Tibetans will bring revolts and would not know what are the right desicions without this leader; this eventually will lead to political inestability and more problems with the Chinese.

Hope Tibet Will Have a Brighter Future.http://factandtruth.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/tibet-imperialism-and-the-right-of-self-determination/ 
The New York Times Opinion Pages http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/china-and-tibet-2/