Comment Re:Chinese censorship imposed beyond China (Score 2, Interesting) 1392
Tibet has been a part of China for hundreds, if not thousands of years. It's status only came into question in the last fifty, thanks to the involvement of the CIA, during the cold war.
Tibet has been part of China before, it is true -- but not for thousands of years, and primarily (until recently) when China has been ruled by a foreign dynasty (the yuan and qing dynasties respectively). But it has been independent many times for longer (before Buddhism came to rule in Tibet they were considered a fierce enemy). So you could say its status has always been in question.
Not sure where the CIA comes into it. I don't doubt that they would have wanted contention in the area - but I believe the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan community in Nepal were contesting Chinese control after they invaded in 1959 quite outside of the CIA's involvement.