You and I know drastically differant chinese that is for sure.
China's history as a conquiring nation is not at all like Germany it is much closer to Great Britian or many of the African nations.
As far as China and Tibet there have been far more issues than that invasion concerning China's influince.
http://www.savetibet.org/Tibet/Tibet.cfm?ID=195&c=22
but I do thank you for posting, you did correct and inform me of some things I did not know.