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Debate: Tibet independence
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- Debate: Dalai Lama's "middle way" in Tibet
- Argument: The Chinese government has been abusive in policing Tibet
- Argument: China is exploiting the good intentions of the Middle Way
- Argument: Tibet can follow the East Timor model to achieving independence
- Argument: Tibetan cultural identity can survive only outside of China's modernization agenda
- Argument: Tibetan separatists have protested violently and unethically
- Argument: Tibetans in exile enjoy greater freedom currently than autonomy could offer
- Argument: China and Tibet agreed to respect one another's independence in the 9th century
- Argument: Mongolia gave diplomatic recognition to the Tibetan state in 1207
- Argument: Tibetan independence was recognized by world powers during WWII
- Argument: China claims Tibet is autonomous; independendce is only other option
- Argument: Tibet independence will ensure that Tibetans fairly benefit from economic gains
- Argument: Tibetans cannot live freely under Chinese rule
- Argument: Tibetans lack a unified voice and leadership structure
- Argument: Tibetan exiles forgo any right to self-determination by acting violently and repressively
- Argument: Old Tibet has a long history of persecuting un-Buddhist Christians
- Argument: The Chinese government will not compromise and offer Tibet autonomy
- Argument: Independence would allow Tibet to tailor its economic policies to its particular economy
- Argument: Economic independence from China will prevent economic corruption
- Argument: Tibetan's independence protests have determined the Chinese to change their approach
- Argument: The Chinese authorities have had numerous proactive measure to reach out to Tibet
- Argument: The average Tibetan does not actually want independence from China
- Argument: Tibet's case for independence is equally justified as Kosovo's case
- Argument: 2008 Tibetan rioters attacked Han Chinese individuals and their property
- Argument: The PRC bases its legal claim to Tibet solely on historical grounds
- Argument: China bases its historical claim to Tibet on illegitimated Chinese documents
- Argument: In 13th and 14th centuries Tibet was under Mongol not Chinese rule
- Argument: There is no international consensus on the rights of nationalities to self determination
- Argument: Tibet had only satellite relationship with the Manchus (Qing, 1644-1911)
- Argument: Tibet was an independent state between 1911 and 1950
- Argument: UN acknowledges independence is a domestic issue
- Argument: Tibetans have a distinct national culture
- Argument: China has not swamped Tibetans with Han Chinese immigrants
- Argument: Tibet is too integrated into China to break away
- Argument: Tibetans enjoy better human rights standards today then ever before
- Argument: China is justified in seeking to modernize and assimilate Tibet
- Argument: China's economic modernization of Tibet has improved living standards
- Argument: Tibet has enjoyed independence for the vast majority of its long history
- Argument: Tibet was a fully independent country when China invaded in 1949
- Argument: The Seventeen Point Agreement was signed under duress and is illegitimate
- Argument: Tibetans opposed China's occupation since the invasion in 1949
- Argument: China has a long history of human rights abuses in Tibet
- Argument: China is depriving Tibetans of their religious freedoms
- Argument: China's militarization of Tibet is a regional risk
- Argument: The Chinese government is not working toward solutions for Tibet
- Argument: China violated Tibet autonomy as called for in Seventeen Point Agreement
- Argument: China has infringed on Tibet's traditional borders
- Argument: Tibetan students are forced to use Chinese as the official language
- Argument: With Chinese as the official language, Tibetans can't get state jobs
