Fair enough, this is basically the situation I was thinking of, and the contents makes it clear they'd want to fudge things, but have trouble with it.

Now, this poll isn’t particularly relevant to the question of Tibet (though perhaps it might cool your hatred of the PRC?)

I don't hate the PRC, certainly not more than any other bourgeois state. I just don't see the need to make excuses' for their imperialism because they have a socialist aesthetic. I also don't believe in the outlandish Uyghur genoicde claims, although the PRC are clearly run by Han chauvinists.

but I think it provides an analytical basis for getting some information on how things stand in Tibet.

Now that I really don't see. The contents of the pdf fit with my opinion that China is, despite authoritarian, a capitalist state that is in less decay than much of the west. This competency translates both into real material gains and popular support - but I don't see how that changes the situation in Tibet. There are absolutely historical examples, like Lombardy or Bohemia, in which an imperial power managed to govern competently and create a decent economy, but is still oppressive and did not have popular support.