 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - mauto eBritain akatungamirirwa naSir Francis Younghusband akapinda muTibet muna 1904 ndokuita chibvumirano navaTibetan. Muna 1906, hurumende yeBritain yakatsvaka kubvumirwa neChina kuti ive nesimba pamusoro peTibet sechikamu cheAnglo-Chinese Convention paTibet, asi yakarambwa nenhume yeChina, iyo yaisimbirira pakuva nesimba. Muna 1907, Britain neRussia dzakabvuma kuva nesimba kweChina paTibet. Muna 1910, Qing China yakatumira boka remauto kuTibet uye yakasvika pedyo nekutora, pamwe chete nehumambo hweHimalaya; zvisinei, dzinza reQing rakawira kuXinhai Revolutiongore rinotevera. 