The dragon in the land of snows : a history of modern Tibet since 1947 /
History of modern Tibet since 1947
Tsering Shakya.
- London : Pimlico, 1999.
- xxix, 574 p., [8] p. of plates : 24 cm.
The Lull Before the Storm Tibet and its Neighbours The Expulsion of the Guomindang and the Communist Victory in China Tibet Prepares to Face the PRC Tibet Seeks International Support Tibet Negotiates with the Communists China Invades China Woos Tibet The PLA Attacks China Imposes Terms on Tibet Tibet Appeals to the UN and the 17-Point Agreement The UN Problem UN Postpones Debate on Tibet Tibet and China Negotiate US Intervention in the Tibetan Issue Tibetans Discuss the 17-Point Agreement An Uneasy Co-existence The Two Prime Ministers Opposition of the People Tashilhunpo Factions The Indo-Chinese Trade Agreement The Dalai Lama Meets Mao Preparatory Committee for the TAR The Rift The Uprising in Kham and Amdo Growing Opposition in Central Tibet The Dalai Lama Visits India Zhou Enlai Urges the Dalai Lama to Return to Tibet The Revolt The Founding of 'Four Rivers, Six Ranges' Clandestine Support from America Appeasing the Chinese and Quelling the Khampa Revolt The Flight of the Dalai Lama The Spark of the Uprising Siege of the Summer Palace The Last Attempts to Win over the Dalai Lama Escape of the Dalai Lama The International Response and Tibet at the UN Nehru and Tibet Support for Tibet UN Debates Reform and Repression Smash the Reactionaries! The Panchen Rinpoche The 70,000 Character Petition War in the Himalayas A Legacy of Empire Tibetan Resistance The Clash of India and China Socialist Transformation of Tibet The Purge of the Panchen Rinpoche The Establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region The Cultural Revolution Destruction of the 'Four Olds' Smash the Power-holders Two Factions The Nyemo Revolt Revolution Postponed? Reconstruction of the Political System The Lin Biao Affair and a New Party Secretary Sino-US Rapprochement Anti-Confucius, Anti-Dalai and Anti-Panchen Campaigns The Death of Mao The First Phase of Liberalisation Beijing-Dharamsala Dialogue The First Tibet Work Forum A Road to the New Tibet The Second Tibet Work Forum Beijing Hardens Its Policy towards the Dalai Lama A New Party Secretary Sino-Indian Difficulties Internationalisation of the Tibet Issue Tibet under Martial Law The Collapse of the Beijing-Dalai Lama Dialogue Postscript Western Criticism Regional Solidarity Economy The Panchen Rinpoche Controversy Conclusion