[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Sony Thang [@nxt888](/creator/twitter/nxt888) on x 75.6K followers Created: 2025-07-17 17:15:25 UTC Why is it that every time a non-Western country exercises sovereignty within its borders, the world calls it "annexation"? But when the West bombs, occupies, or sanctions countries oceans away, it’s called "intervention"? Tibet was not some innocent mountain kingdom untouched by politics. It was part of the Qing empire for centuries. It signed treaties under Chinese sovereignty long before Western journalists cared about its story. And yes, there were conflicts, contradictions, and trauma, as there are in every state forged through war and revolution. But the world didn’t care about Tibet until China refused to collapse like the USSR. Until it rose. Until it modernized. Until it became the first Global South power strong enough to say no to Western dictates. That’s when Tibet became a narrative. A symbol. A pressure point. Not for Tibetans, but for those who still believe China must be punished for surviving. So yes, let’s ask hard questions. But let’s ask them consistently. Who invaded Iraq? Who bombed Libya? Who starved Yemen? Who redrew half of Asia and Africa with a pen in London and Paris, and still calls itself the moral compass of the world? If we want to talk about Tibet, we must also talk about Hawai’i. Puerto Rico. New Caledonia. Northern Ireland. The Chagos Islands. Ryūkyū. Corsica. Catalonia. The Basque Country. The Malvinas. Western Sahara. Palestine. Not just who governs, but who gets to question it, and why. Because the truth is this: The problem isn’t that China governs Tibet. The problem is that China doesn’t answer to those who once governed the world. @sisskg  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [countries](/topic/countries) [$6758t](/topic/$6758t) [sony](/topic/sony) [Post Link](https://x.com/nxt888/status/1945895125730861286)
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Sony Thang @nxt888 on x 75.6K followers
Created: 2025-07-17 17:15:25 UTC
Why is it that every time a non-Western country exercises sovereignty within its borders, the world calls it "annexation"?
But when the West bombs, occupies, or sanctions countries oceans away, it’s called "intervention"?
Tibet was not some innocent mountain kingdom untouched by politics.
It was part of the Qing empire for centuries.
It signed treaties under Chinese sovereignty long before Western journalists cared about its story.
And yes, there were conflicts, contradictions, and trauma, as there are in every state forged through war and revolution.
But the world didn’t care about Tibet until China refused to collapse like the USSR.
Until it rose. Until it modernized. Until it became the first Global South power strong enough to say no to Western dictates.
That’s when Tibet became a narrative. A symbol. A pressure point.
Not for Tibetans, but for those who still believe China must be punished for surviving.
So yes, let’s ask hard questions. But let’s ask them consistently.
Who invaded Iraq? Who bombed Libya? Who starved Yemen?
Who redrew half of Asia and Africa with a pen in London and Paris, and still calls itself the moral compass of the world?
If we want to talk about Tibet, we must also talk about Hawai’i. Puerto Rico. New Caledonia. Northern Ireland. The Chagos Islands. Ryūkyū. Corsica. Catalonia. The Basque Country. The Malvinas. Western Sahara. Palestine.
Not just who governs, but who gets to question it, and why.
Because the truth is this:
The problem isn’t that China governs Tibet.
The problem is that China doesn’t answer to those who once governed the world.
@sisskg
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