Tibet, China Tibet, also known as TAR, is a democratic region in China that is very poor, and is mainly inhabited by Buddhists. Throughout its long history, Tibet at times has governed itself as an independent state and at other times has had various levels of association with China. Whatever China 's involvement in Tibetan affairs, Tibet's internal government was for centuries a theocracy, under the leadership of Buddhist lamas, or monks. In 1959 the Dalai …showed first 75 words of 2038 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2038 total…bet is a democracy, instead of a Theocracy, or Communism, and the people still live in poverty. They get to elect the Dalai Lama. And the leader of the search party for the Panchen Lama was jailed. Bibliography  10 Bibliography page Encarta Encyclopedia, CD-ROM. New York: Microsoft Corporation, 1993. Harrer, Heinrich. Seven Years In Tibet. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc., 1953. Schaller, George B. "Tibet's Remote Chang Tang." National Geographics 15 August 1993: 62. Tibet. [United States]:n.p., n.d.