People's Republic of China
Between 1949 and 1950 Tibet was invaded by Forces from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) forcing the then Tibetan government into exile. Until the late 1950s Chinese writers became used to "describing Tibet's place in the world of imperial China as that of a subordinate vassal state."
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