China’s Border Claims

Until 1951, China had no ongoing suzerainty over Tibet. During the rule of the Manchus over China, Sino-Tibetans relations were cordial. So much so that in 1728, Chinese imperial troops helped to quell a civil war in Tibet. When Tibet had to face wars with Ladakh in 1842 and with the Gurkhas in 1858 however, the Manchus could not help