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Is this a blog too? Mr. Gabber ;
Good job for actually providing debatable source.
Britain revises position on Tibet
Until 2008 the British Government's position remained the same that China held suzerainty over Tibet but not full sovereignty. It was the only state still to hold this view.[28] Britain revised this view on 29 October 2008, when it recognised Chinese sovereignty over Tibet by issuing a statement on its website.[29] Describing the old position as an anachronism and a colonial legacy, Mr. David Miliband, the British foreign secretary, even apologised for Britain's not having done so earlier.[30] The Economist stated that although the British Foreign Office's website does not use the word sovereignty, officials at the Foreign Office said "it means that, as far as Britain is concerned, 'Tibet is part of China. Full stop.'"[28] Tibetologist Robert Barnett thinks that the decision has wider implications. India’s claim to a part of its northeast territories, for example, is largely based on the same agreements — notes exchanged during the Simla convention of 1914, which set the boundary (the McMahon Line) between India and Tibet — that the British appear to have just discarded.[30]
McMahon Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Come on, keep up with your low life deny mode !!
But you are fogetting that when Tibetian government threw all Chinese troops and officials, after the fall of Qing dynasty, and declaired independence in 1913.
The agriment was signed between Tibetian government and British government.The agreement refers to a map with the McMahon line drawn on it. After Beijing repudiated Simla, the British and Tibetan delegates attached a note denying China any privileges under the agreement and signed it as a bilateral accord. You are trying to argue that British appologized but you are forgetting that British are not in controll of India any more, it the Democratic republic of India. British appology does not mean a thing any more.
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