Unlike Kosovo Tibet has a recorded history of statehood extending back to 127 B.C. Tibetan nation used to have its own Government, its own Foreign Office, treaty relations with other countries, distinct culture, history, language and religion. Before the Chinese invasion of 1950 Tibet was spread over 2.5 million sq km (965,255 sq mi), representing almost 25% of China's landmass, while Kosovo is less than 11,000 sq km (4,203 sq mi).
Nevertheless, Tibet will not become independent in the foreseeable future, and there are at least 5 reasons for that:
1. As a result of China's policy of population transfer, the non-Tibetan population has increased many times, reducing Tibetans to an insignificant minority in their own country. The language, customs and traditions of Tibet are gradually fading away. On the contrary it was Albanian population growth that slowly overwhelmed the ethnic Serbs in Kosovo.
2. Becoming more and more dependent on Chinese import United States will not support Tibet independence. In historic perspective this is not entirely something new, since American cowboy attitude (profits first!) towards native people is well known.
译文:
与科索沃不同，西藏不会独立的五个理由
与科索沃不同，西藏有独立主权的历史可追溯到公元前127年。西藏曾经通过自己的政府和外交部处理和他国之间的关系，有独特的文化、历史、语言和宗教。在1950年汉族入侵之前，西藏有250万平方公里（965,255平方英里）的土地，几乎占中国大陆的25%，而科索沃不到11,000平方公里（4,203平方英里）。
尽管如此，西藏在可以预见的将来不会独立，理由至少有五个：
1.中国人口迁移政策的结果，西藏人口中非藏族人口成倍增长，使西藏人不能再被称之为中国无关紧要的少数民族。西藏的语言、风俗和传统在逐渐的消失。相反，在科索沃，阿尔巴尼亚人口的增长慢慢超过了塞尔维亚人。
2.中国进口贸易越来越自主，美国不会支持西藏独立。以历史的法则来看，这不算是新鲜的，因为众所周知美国牛仔对待原住民的态度（利益第一！）。