The Dalai Lama was forced into exile in 1959, and by 1979 sixty percent of Tibet's libraries had been burned. China limits the individual freedom of thought and forces imperial China's views upon Tibetans. "Even to speak against the PRC in Tibet today is a capital offense" (Chang, 31). Chinese officials have attempted to destroy every aspect of Tibetan life by forcing monks and nuns to marry, destroying Tibetan Buddhist shrines, and forbidding pictures of the Dalai Lama to be displayed. The Chinese even went so far as to promise a Tibetan peasant $100 dollars for every monk she seduced (Chang, 31). One monk, who attempted to stand up to the monstrosities being committed by the Chinese, by begging them not to use the Buddhist Scriptures as toilet paper. As a punishment his arm cut off and was told to ask God for another one (Chang, 31). The Chinese officially lifted the martial law in 1990, however many believe this was only a gesture for show. While Tibetan policies and life remained the same, the only real change was that soldiers exchanged their uniforms for plain clothes (Chang, 31). Not heeding to the terms put forth in the treaty, China is attempting to extinguish the Tibetan culture.
             Not only has China tried to destroy every aspect of Tibetan culture they have also committed numerous human right violations in the process. The Chinese arrested Tibetan activists, monks, students, as well as most of the Tibetan army and sent them to labor camps in Tibet and in China (Bing, 38). China's Red
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