Resolved: The PRC Should Grant Tibet Sovereignty

China's imperial ambitions & when they ruled Tibet back in the early 1700s was the norm. Because they did this so long ago it follows my next point. China didn't violate any international law when the subdued Tibet in 1950, the international community didn't recognize Tibet as an independent nation but a rouge province that is apart of China. This is sourced in previous rounds. China has oppressed not only Tibetans but also other Chinese. Not every nation is held to the standards of what the United States was founded on. Tibet was under China from 1720 to 1912, when China fell apart and was in continuous war and such wasn't in any ability to subdue their internationally recognize territory known as Tibet. On the healthcare statement, Tibet wouldn't have the monetary funds to invest in the technology and medical advancements to make the life expectancy increase. It WAS those advancements that increased the life expectancy of everyone. Tibet doesn't want to extract the resources that could make them wealthy enough to be able to. China is willing to do what they are not. This is the truth of the matter. China doesn't have any moral responsibility to allow itself to break apart, self preservation is the epitome of life in the world, committing national suicide is by no means a moral responsibility of government. World powers throughout history disregarded moral duty and acted in self interest. They are remembered as some of the mightiest, wealthiest, and so one in the history books. China has disregarded peoples' rights of speech, religion, peacefully assemble and protest, and so on. I agree, however, China acts in the interest of 1.3 billion other people. China's vastness requires resources to keep afloat. When discussing what someone should do, we must consider how it will affect the decision maker. In this case, deciding to rid itself of Tibet, it will cause them to lose out on VAST amounts of resources. The vastness of said resources are truly vast, it really is behind real comprehension. Tibet has almost HALF of the water that the world relies on to drink, 25% of the worlds cesium, almost half of China's cromite, largest reserves of lithium, largest deposits of uranium and dozens of other resources. Tibet is a goldmine and so economically it doesn't make sense to them to give it all up. Strategically, it has natural defensive border, gives them a shared border with more nations. These things gives China greater ability to preserve China and the billion and half people living in it with a better ability to give them a better standard of living. On a set of scales where one side, morals, and the other side, economy and strategic position and such, the later weighs in more than the morals of what we think is right. Morals, what is right or wrong is not a universal belief, different races, nations, religions, ect all have different morals, different beliefs of what is right and what is wrong. What you may deem is wrong can very well be believed as right by another. On the discussion of what an average Chinese feels will tell you that Tibet is rightfully theirs and though you may disagree with that assertion, national leaders around the world doesn't. Because everyone in the true positions agree that Tibet is theirs and cause Tibet gives them great wealth and strategic value, China should not give Tibet up. I don't really have anything else to add, unrelated, my fondness of the site has been waning for a while now. I won't be debating for a while. I did however enjoy debating you. If you're interested in debating something else. I will be happy to debate you.