  Tibet’s future  The limits of despair   See article  Readers'
comments     Here is an article on the subject from a French
senator: Jean-Luc Melanchon's views - Translated mardi 15 avril
2008, par Isabelle Metral:  "Tibet has been Chinese since the
fourteenth century. Lhasa was under Chinese, then Manchu rule
before the Kings of France ruled over Besançon and Dôle. How can
one sensibly speak of the "1959 invasion" when the event took
place within the context of the Chinese revolution? This amounts
to saying that France "invaded" Vendee when our Republic's
armies were sent there to fight the local royalist insurgents.
The Dalai Lama and the other Tibetan lieges have accepted
everything the communist China offered them, including (for
instance) the post of vice-chair in the People's Assembly, which
his "holiness" took without a murmur. Until the communist regime
decided to abolish serfdom in Tibet and the adjacent regions.
Turning against tradition, a movement of which I entirely
approve, the communists repe