The Priest-Patron Relationship Between China and Tibet

Every nation, I think, by its nature does this, right? They make up their history in ways that aren't about teaching the past, they're about rationalizing the present. The other thing that makes this a complicated question is there is Western colonialism involved as well. The British, of course, attempted to colonize the region. And so, when they did that in the 19th century, they also added layers of colonial discourseThere was definitely inroads being made there. There's illusions here to Tibet somewhat like very religious past but what do you think I mean by that?