清末之际,西方势力从以拉萨为中心的西藏腹地转移到青藏高原东缘地带活动,康区随即成为西方势力在藏区活动的主要区域之一,也成为他们试图前往西藏的重要通道。西藏格鲁派上层抵制西方势力在康区一带活动,并从阻止他们由康入藏和在康区活动两个层面采取了多种抵制举措。西方势力自1865年退出西藏以后始终未能再度进入西藏,在康区的发展也逐渐式微。 At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Western forces shifted from the hinterland of Lhasa in the hinterland of Tibet to the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. As a result, the Kham area became one of the major areas where western forces were operating in Tibetan areas and became an important channel for them to attempt to travel to Tibet. The upper strata of the Gelug Sect in Tibet resisted the activities of Western forces in the Kham area and adopted various boycott measures to prevent them from being incorporated into Tibet and operating in the Kham area. Since the withdrawal of the Western forces from Tibet in 1865, they have not been able to re-enter Tibet. The development in the Kham area has also gradually declined.