Kauffner, Peter. "What is the historical basis of the Chinese claim to Tibet?" 10 Oct.
1990 http://stason.org/tularc/travel/tibet/b5-what-is-the-historical-basis-of-the-chinese-claim-to-tib.html.

Peter Kauffner's informational article is all about the history between China, Tibet, and Mongolia. The article states that since ancient times, Mongolians have been part of China's nationality. The Mongol Khanates also "peacefully incorporated Tibet in 1247 after defeating the Western Xia. In these times, China, Mongolia, and Tibet were all seperate countries. The Dalai Lama states that the VIth Dalai Lama was politicaly weak, and this is when China began to influence Tibet. Tibet accepted their influence but never joined China. The Dalai Lama says, "You cannot
use the previous invasion as evidence that Tibet belongs to China. In
the Tibetan mind, regardless of who was in power, whether it was the
Manchus, the Mongols or the Chinese, the east of Tibet was simply
referred to as China."

This article was very useful. The article contained what seemed like true information, and it was not bias towards one side. In fact, the article gave both sides of the story which is rare to find when researching Tibet and China.

Finding this article was a major blessing for me because I needed to find something with both opinions for the opposing view blog. The article was also very useful because it contained the information that you usually don't see. The information was all off the main track. All in all, this source engrosed me, and helped me view the early relations between these three counties.