Tibetan Buddhism is a big part of Tibetan culture and identity. China wishes to limit Buddhism in Tibet in order to gain more control over Tibet. China’s military put forceful restrictions for nuns and monks for their practices and many pilgrimage places such as sacred lakes and mountains have been mined and dammed for the extraction of resources. Many Tibetan people were brutally beat for showing their culture in the streets. Ever since the China's Cultural Revolution in the 1970s , more than 99% of monasteries have been taken by the military. More than 1 million Tibetans died under China’s rule. That is more compared to the Rwandan Genocide of 800,000 people. This violates the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, the United Nations believe Tibet is part of
Tibetan Buddhism is a big part of Tibetan culture and identity. China wishes to limit Buddhism in Tibet in order to gain more control over Tibet. China’s military put forceful restrictions for nuns and monks for their practices and many pilgrimage places such as sacred lakes and mountains have been mined and dammed for the extraction of resources. Many Tibetan people were brutally beat for showing their culture in the streets. Ever since the China's Cultural Revolution in the 1970s , more than 99% of monasteries have been taken by the military. More than 1 million Tibetans died under China’s rule. That is more compared to the Rwandan Genocide of 800,000 people. This violates the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, the United Nations believe Tibet is part of