Awesome response thank you, from first reading it seems as if the approach taken did balkanized the region and as a result enflamed the tensions already there, I can see what you mean about empowering a Tibetean Communist Party would be the best option albeit hindsight 20/20, and yes the subsequent famine as a result of grain collectivization did harken back to some aspects of feudal Tibet. Something that I’m sure was a great impact was the KMT and Taiwan, which surely weakened Mao’s trust of any organization outside of the CCP. Clearly a very nuanced and complex topic and while I agree there were issues stemming from how CCP handled Tibet but the western containment of the time probably forced Maos hand on top of other things.

I’m far from an expert so I’m glad you took the time to add to this, thanks.