Realizing that Tibet must embrace modernity or else she would fall prey to her large communist neighbor, the Great Thirteenth Dalai Lama launched a massive reform program to modernize Tibet. Students were sent to England to be trained in mechanical engineering and mining. The Tibetan army was trained along the lines of British and Japanese armies. Modern weapons in the form of machine guns and artillery were purchased from British India to strengthen Tibet's military power. A snow lion national flag was designed to represent Tibet as an independent and sovereign nation. Envoys were sent to Europe to push for a Tibetan seat in the League of Nations. English schools were set up in Gyantse, where some of the brightest Tibetan boys were trained to handle
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