China's Tibet? : autonomy or assimilation / Warren W. Smith, Jr.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Warren W.
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2008], ©2008.
Subjects:
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Politics and government > 1951-
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Relations > China.
China > Relations > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Foreign public opinion.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > International status.
Physical Description:xxi, 315 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Historical and political background
  • Tibetan ethnic origins
  • Tibetan empire
  • Tibetan Buddhist state
  • British patronage for Tibetan autonomy
  • Tibetan national identity
  • Tibet under Chinese communist rule
  • Seventeen-point agreement
  • National regional autonomy
  • Autonomy in practice, political integration
  • Democratic reforms in eastern Tibet
  • Anti-local nationalist campaign
  • Tibetan revolt
  • Democratic reforms
  • When serfs stood up in Tibet
  • The Panchen lama's 70,000-character petition
  • Serf
  • Confiscated for the benefit of the people
  • Cultural revolution
  • Rinbur Tulku on the cultural revolution in Lhasa
  • Wrath of the serfs
  • Tibet transformed
  • Autonomy or assimilation
  • Patriotic education campaign
  • China's state council white papers on Tibet
  • Renewed propaganda campaign
  • Sino-Tibetan dialogue
  • Revival of Sino-Tibetan contacts
  • China's strategy on Sino-Tibetan dialogue
  • Dialogue or deadlock
  • The issue of Tibet.