Politically and diplomatically, Tibet was always within the Chinese sphere of action, but its modern annexation is an anomaly both of Tibetan and of (Han) Chinese history. In Ch'ing Dynasty China, there was an assignment of the five elements for each of the five peoples that were ...
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power in 1975. The Lao ernment has set its The ernment has been at pains to encour- The country’s diverse ethnic make-up and goal to haul Laos out of the Least Developed age national pride and a ‘Lao’ identity, despite ARTS short history as a nation-state meant nation- Country ...