美国政府与清末民初的“西藏问题”

美国政府于1899年提出对华“门户开放”政策,把西藏是中国的一部分作为一个历史事实接受下来。当英国在1904年第二次侵藏战争和1911年中国辛亥革命后试图否认中国对于西藏的主权,把西藏从中国分裂出去时,美国政府为了维护自己的在华利益而表示了异议。本文主要依据英文档案资料,对当时美国政府在西藏问题上的立场、态度及其形成的背景和原因进行了分析。

The United States Government and the Tibet Issue during the Late Qing Dynasty and the Early People's Republic of China

The United States' government promoted its "Open Door" policy in 1899,and took it as an historical fact that Tibet is a part of china.Later,in order to protect their interests in China,the United States expressed objection when the Britain attempted to deny China's sovereignty over Tibet and to separate Tibet from China in the invasion of 1904 and after China's Revolution of 1911.Based mainly on English reference files and materials,the author of this paper analyzes the cause of the United States government's standpoints and attitudes towards Tibet issue.