ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Tibetan independence movement

Alright kiddo, so let's talk about the Tibetan independence movement. You know how you have a room in our house that is just yours, where you can do what you want? Well, Tibet is kind of like that, but it's a whole country! It's a place where a lot of people live and have their own traditions and culture.

A long time ago, China, which is another big country, said that Tibet was part of its land. But the people who live in Tibet, the Tibetans, didn't think that was fair, because they wanted to keep doing things their own way. So some Tibetans started a movement to try to make their own country again, and they called it the Tibetan independence movement.

But China didn't like this, and they sent soldiers to take control of Tibet. This made a lot of Tibetans very unhappy, because they felt like they were being forced to stop doing things their own way. Some Tibetans protested and spoke out against China’s control, but China didn't listen to them.

There are still many people who support the Tibetan independence movement today. They want Tibet to be its own country again, so that they can have more freedom to do things their own way and preserve their traditions and culture.