In this region's traditional society, 98% of its population were serfs who were subject to abuses like eye-gouging and hamstring-severing.
In this region's traditional society, 98% of its population were serfs who were subject to abuses like eye-gouging and hamstring-severing. The "70,000 Character Petition" detailed supposed abuses of power in this region, which joined another country by the terms of the Seventeen-Point agreement. In 1904, Lord Curzon sent an expedition led by Francis Younghusband to invade this region. The CIA funnelled money to rebels fighting for this region's independence, which erupted into a 1959 uprising. This region was re-annexed into the People's Republic of China after a 1950 invasion. For 10 points, name this region on a high plateau in southwestern China, whose spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama. 
In this region's traditional society, 98% of its population were serfs who were subject to abuses like eye-gouging and hamstring-severing.
Tibet [or Xizang]