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Southern Asia 115 years ago today: British Expedition to Tibet (03 Aug 1904) https://buff.ly/31aVfaQ While the British welcomed the Saudi restoration as a way to undermine Ottoman power, their main concern in the region remained Russia. To keep the Russians in check, Britain signed an alliance with Japan, but still feared Russian expansion into Tibet, which had effectively been independent of China since the mid-19th century. In 1904, the British invaded the Himalayan kingdom, forcing the Tibetans to accept their authority. #southernasia #history #welovehistory #welovemaps #map #1900s #20thcentury #modernhistory #1904 #august #august3 #chineseempire #qingdynasty #russianempire #tibet #britishempire #britishraj #britishindia #kingdomoftibet #imperialism #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #geopolitics (at Lhasa, Tibet) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0sXnqQgBO1/?igshid=5bd1bdo3gsjc

Southern Asia 88 years ago today: Sino-Tibetan War (26 Mar 1931) https://buff.ly/2V1O4PP By the early 1930s, Chiang Kaishek’s Nationalists had reunified much of China, encouraging the remaining warlords to side with him. Tibet, whose independence remained unrecognized, soon came into conflict with some of these warlords when it asserted its claim to monasteries on its eastern border. The warlords defeated the Tibetans, eventually agreeing to a truce in 1932. #southernasia #history #welovemaps #map #1930s #1931 #march #march26 #xikang #maps #britishempire #chinesehistory #tibet #kingdomoftibet #warlordchina #warlords #warlordism #asianhistory #worldhistory #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #modernhistory #20thcentury #chiangkaishek #jiangjieshi #republicofchina (at Qamdo, Xizang, China) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvdkKbWAgkL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x53cedcpi0ro