AftertheOpiumWarin1840,Chinawasmoreandmoresemi-colonized.Aroundtheturnofthe20thcentury,thenationalstrengthoftheQingEmpirewasquicklyweakening.Asaresult,theQingCourtexercisedaweakerruleoverTibet,anditspoliticalrelationshipwithTibetwasconsequentlyaffected.OntheproblemsofhowtoresistforeigninvasionsandhowtohandleTibet'sinternalaffairs,theQingCourtand