Tibet was an Independent Nation

"The Tibet Autonomous Region (T A R) is not seen as the authentic Tibet; it was created by China in 1965 for administrative reasons, comprises less than half of historic Tibet and consists of the provinces western Kham and U-Tsang. POPULATION Tibet has an estimated population of about 6 million Tibetans and 7.5 million Chinese settlers. The estimated population within the Tibet Autonomous Region (T A R) is 2.62 million, of which Tibetan (93%) and Han Chinese (6%), whilst the rest live in the Tibetan areas outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. ECONOMIC Tibet is rich in natural resources, such as gold, iron, lead, uranium and huge reserves of forest."

http://secrettibet.rsfblog.org/archive/2011/05/13/tibet-was-an-independent-nation.html