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I've had some interesting discussions with Chinese on many sides of the fences. Most of it regarded Taiwan/Formosa/ROC, but conversation sometimes strayed to Tibet.
They view the matter as an internal Chinese problem, and nobody outside of their own borders has any business getting involved. It is also irrelevant to them if the people in Taiwan or Tibet do not want to be Chinese. Self determination is not a concept that is easily understood or accepted in the PRC.
There is also some level of dislike by the PRC of the US for our involvement in Tibet back in the 50's.

Steve