How does China justify its claim over Tibet?

This is usually an argument against control by the Dalai Lama rather than a serious claim to sovereignty over Tibet. read more

The Tibetan Government in Exile claims that Tibet was an independent state until the PRC invaded Tibet in 1949/50. Some Western scholars claim that Tibet and China were ruled by the Mongols during the Yuan dynasty, that Tibet was independent during the Chinese Ming dynasty (1368–1644). read more

So no, China isn’t being evil to Tibet, it’s just doing its job as a nation-state, making its people more uniform and if China was a parliamentary democracy, it would’ve probably still happened. read more