Anexation of Tibet

Tibetan nationalists and human rights activists have argued that Tibet was occupied and annexed by People's Republic of China in the 1950s.[4] This position is disputed by the PRC government and Chinese nationalists who argue that Manchu Dynasty has exercised sovereignty over Tibet since at least the 18th century, and that this sovereignty had been internationally recognized since at least the 20th century. Hence they would argue that the action in 1959 was an internationally acceptable example of a central government reasserting control over an internal region.

チベットの民族主義者と人権保護の活動家はチベットは1950年代に中華人民共和国に併合されたと主張している。こうする立場に対して中国政府と中国の民族主義者は少なくとも18世紀にはすでに（満州）清王朝がチベットに対する主権があった。そして、この主権は20世紀には国際的にも認められていた。それゆえ、1959年に中華人民共和国がチベットでとった行動は中央政府が国内に主権を行使したまでで、国際的にも認められると主張している。

Since the Simla Accord of 1914, the British Government's position was that China held suzerainty over Tibet but not full sovereignty—a position held by no other state. On 29 October 2008 the British Government issued a statement recognising China's full soverignty, and so weakened the position of Tibetan nationalists that Tibet was occupied and annexed by China.