Beliefs
Typically, the accepted explanation regarding the status of Tibet in China is that Tibet was a part of the Yuan Dynasty, and of later successor states up until the Republic of China, which is contested by advocates of Tibetan Independence. Thus, the People's Liberation Army advance into Tibet during the 1950s is seen as a reclamation rather than an invasion. Pro-independence activists argue otherwise, and claim that the advance into Tibet claimed many lives.
Following the 2008 Tibetan unrest, Chinese websites posted information, accusing Western media of producing a biased view of Tibet. According to Anti-CNN, news channels such as CNN and BBC only reported selectively, and provide a one-sided argument regarding the 2008 Tibetan unrest. Such sites, forums and blogs provided what they saw as photographic and statistical evidence (under the claims that condition of life in Tibet have improved dramatically since 1959), along with nationalistic and Anti-foreign sentiment. One such website, Anti-CNN.com, was hacked numerous times.
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