[blahblahblogger]

And that's crazy to me.

I would have figured that with the CCP having ~1.5 billion people to choose from, that they could move a few million Han into Tibet (current pop. according to google: 3,648,100).

Even just 1-2 mil could potentially accomplish the CCP's goals?

[chrchang523]

This is made more difficult by the fact that Tibetans tend to have biological adaptations to life at that altitude which Han Chinese lack.

[seanmcdirmid]

China isn't that socialist, there is no strong social safety net waiting to bail you out if you move to Tibet. If they can't make a life for themselves in Tibet, they would simply be left to die, so why take the chance?

[MomoXenosaga]

Yes in contrast to Xinjiang you can't economically develop Tibet.

Even the CCP can't move mountains. Tibet is only good for tourism.

[seanmcdirmid]

Xinjiang, especially north, has a lot of farm land, a lot of natural resources that are easily accessible, as well a lot of urbanization and industry already. There is a reason it has 25 million people while Tibet only has 2 million. It is already 42% Han, which makes the ethnic tensions with the Uighurs a lot more explosive.