Why did Mao invade Tibet?

Mao was a manipulative sociopath only interested in power who can pull a smile on his face to fool people into thinking he's their chum. What else is there to it?

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>>2958777
To Modern Chinese state thinking China = old Qing borders. When the Qing Dynasty fell and the Faggot Republic took its place, the weak government led to China fragmenting into warlordism. Meanwhile Mongolians accepted Russian Imperial (later on Soviet) hegemony, and Tibet took the opportunity to declare itself independent (with Brit help).

Needless to say the Chinese weren't pleased at all with the breakup of their country, and so swore to reunify everything someday. Both the Nationalists/KMT and the CCP swore to carry on that task, which the CCP pretty much accomplished following their victory in the Civil War and the recapture of Tibet in the 50s.

It is also ironic that for much of the public outcry in the west about Tibet: none of the western powers (save perhaps Britain), recognized Tibet as an independent state during the Republican period. Only Mongolia (Mutual Recognition Treaty) and later on India (1947 Agreement) ever did. As far as the west was concerned Tibet and the Dalai Lama were just one of the many warlords taking advantage of the Chaos in China. Only when China became a communist stronghold did the west cared about Tibet.

>>2958777
Because mao zeedong
>WE WUZ TIBETEN N SHIIETT

>>2958804
WE WUZ QINGZ N SHIEEET
*steals tibet*
*steals the spratly islands*
*chimps out over UNCLOS*

>>2958821
Well, they wuz. The Qing was a ruling house of a state called China.

The Spratlys argument however is particularly bullshit. The only significant maritime holdings of the old Chinese Empire was Hainan Island and East Coast Taiwan.

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>>2958844
I know, I was just memeing.

>>2958777
Because he didn't, he just retake the divided Chinese territory. ROC and KMT also never give up this land.

>>2958777
Why did Europeans invade America?

>WE WUZ QINGZ

seriously Chinese deserved Ming dynasty minus an independent Yunnan, since they fucked up everything so hard.

but, they had to terrorize more noble, more superior peoples than them like the Mongols, Tibetans and Turkic peoples just becaise they felt bad

Manchus pretty much became completely Han Chinese except a few villages in the northeast

>>2958804
Neat.
Do you guys think there would have even been any chance of Japan holding on to Manchukuo and solidifying it if they had avoided war with the U.S.?

>>2959010
>WE WUZ QINGZ
Yes, we were, not like it's not China at all.
Qing government legally transferred their authority and power to ROC(which is clearly documented), and then ROC was replaced by PRC by force in civil war, quite connected.
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E5%AE%A3%E7%B5%B1%E5%B8%9D%E9%80%80%E4%BD%8D%E8%A9%94%E6%9B%B8

>seriously Chinese deserved Ming dynasty minus an independent Yunnan, since they fucked up everything so hard. they had to terrorize more noble, more superior peoples than them like the Mongols, Tibetans and Turkic peoples
You deserve to KYS to cease such cringed worthy delusion.