Tibetan protester burns himself in India

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Incredibly backwards? yes, buried in mideveal religious oppression? yes. Monks rule the land and serfs were cattle? Yes. Non violent, no.

Have a look at how harmonious and spiritually fulfilling the dalai lama and buddhism will get when allowed an untrammeled theocracy

http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html

Have you looked at all into the amount of opposition the Chinese got when they invaded? I would say that they were non-violent compared to just about every other country on Earth.