Is Tibet An Independent State

Author : Paul Christiaan Klieger
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789144024

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Tibet by Paul Christiaan Klieger Pdf

The history of Tibet has long intrigued the world, and so has the dilemma of its future—will it ever return to independence or will it always remain part of China? How will the succession of the aging and revered Dalai Lama affect Tibet and the world? This book makes the case for a fully Tibetan independent state for much of its 2,500-year existence, but its story is a complex one. A great empire from the seventh to ninth centuries, in 1249, Tibet was incorporated as a territory of the Mongol Empire—which annexed China itself in 1279. Tibet reclaimed its independence from China in 1368, and although the Manchus later exerted their direct influence in Tibetan affairs, by 1840 Tibet began to resume its independent course until communist China invaded in 1950. And since that time, Tibetan nationalism has been maintained primarily by over 100,000 refugees living abroad. This book is a valuable, fascinating account of a region with a rich history, but an uncertain future.

Author : Wei Jing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : China
ISBN : 7800854159

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Is Tibet an "independent state"? by Wei Jing Pdf

Author : Andrew G. Dulaney,Dennis M. Cusack,M. C. van Walt van Praag
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Self-determination, National
ISBN : UOM:39015047879500

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The Case Concerning Tibet by Andrew G. Dulaney,Dennis M. Cusack,M. C. van Walt van Praag Pdf

Of argument -- Tibet is rightfully an independent state -- The Tibetans are entitled to self-determination -- Conclusion.

Author : Michael Van Walt Van Praag,Miek Boltjes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1977232817

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Tibet Brief 20/20 by Michael Van Walt Van Praag,Miek Boltjes Pdf

Debunks China's historical narrative created to back up its sovereignty claim to Tibet, settles Tibet's international legal status and raises awareness for our governments' corresponding legal obligations.

Author : Jiawei Wang,尼玛坚赞
Publisher : 五洲传播出版社
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : China
ISBN : 7801133048

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The Historical Status of China's Tibet by Jiawei Wang,尼玛坚赞 Pdf

Author : Dawa Norbu
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : China
ISBN : 9780700704743

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China's Tibet Policy by Dawa Norbu Pdf

An important new study by a leading Tibetan scholar of the historical Sino-Tibetan relationship - traditionally two rival and interlocked states.

Author : Elliot Sperling
Publisher : East-West Center
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1932728120

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The Tibet-China Conflict by Elliot Sperling Pdf

The status of Tibet has been at the core of the Tibet-China conflict for all parties drawn into it over the past century. This study is a guide to the historical arguments made by the primary parties to the Tibet-China conflict, and examines the extent to which positions on Tibet issues that are thought to reflect centuries of popular consensus are actually very recent constructions, often at variance with the history on which they claim to be based.

Author : M. C. van Walt van Praag
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1987-03-09
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015012089580

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The Status Of Tibet by M. C. van Walt van Praag Pdf

3. Tibet in the "great game."

Author : Robert Barnett
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231510110

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Lhasa by Robert Barnett Pdf

There are many Lhasas. One is a grid of uniform boulevards lined with plush hotels, all-night bars, and blue-glass-fronted offices. Another is a warren of alleyways that surround a seventh-century temple built to pin down a supine demoness. A web of Stalinist, rectangular blocks houses the new nomenklatura. Crumbling mansions, once home to noble ministers, famous lovers, nationalist spies, and covert revolutionaries, now serve as shopping malls and faux-antique hotels. Each embodiment of the city partakes of the others' memories, whispered across time and along the city streets. In this imaginative new work, Robert Barnett offers a powerful and lyrical exploration of a city long idealized, disregarded, or misunderstood by outsiders. Looking to its streets and stone, Robert Barnett presents a searching and unforgettable portrait of Lhasa, its history, and its illegibility. His book not only offers itself as a manual for thinking about contemporary Tibet but also questions our ways of thinking about foreign places. Barnett juxtaposes contemporary accounts of Tibet, architectural observations, and descriptions by foreign observers to describe Lhasa and its current status as both an ancient city and a modern Chinese provincial capital. His narrative reveals how historical layering, popular memory, symbolism, and mythology constitute the story of a city. Besides the ancient Buddhist temples and former picnic gardens of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa describes the urban sprawl, the harsh rectangular structures, and the geometric blue-glass tower blocks that speak of the anxieties of successive regimes intent upon improving on the past. In Barnett's excavation of the city's past, the buildings and the city streets, interwoven with his own recollections of unrest and resistance, recount the story of Tibet's complex transition from tradition to modernity and its painful history of foreign encounters and political experiment.

Author : Francis Edward Younghusband
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 8120608461

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India and Tibet by Francis Edward Younghusband Pdf

A History Of The Relations Which Have Subsisted Between The Two Countries From The Time Of Warren Hastings To 1910; With A Particular Account Of The Mission To Lhasa In 1904.

Author : Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1261 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004177321

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One Hundred Thousand Moons by Tsepon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa Pdf

A sustained argument for Tibetan independence, this volume also serves as an introduction to many aspects of Tibetan culture, society, and especially religion with a compendium of biographies of the most significant religious and political figures.

Author : Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231556507

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The Dalai Lama's Special Envoy by Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari Pdf

Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari spent decades drawing attention to the plight of the Tibetan people and striving for resolution of the Tibetan-Chinese conflict. He was the Dalai Lama’s Special Envoy and chief negotiator with the People’s Republic of China in the formal negotiations over the status of Tibet. In this revealing memoir, Gyari chronicles his lifetime of service to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan cause. Gyari recounts his work conducting formal dialogue with the Chinese leadership from 2002 to 2012, as well as his efforts during the many years of quiet diplomacy preceding these historic negotiations. He details the fits and starts of the parties’ relationship, addressing successes as well as failures and highlighting misperceptions, missteps, and missed opportunities by both sides. Gyari grounds his recollections of his time as Special Envoy in his life experience, providing a powerful account of the personal side of Tibet’s struggles. He describes the Tibetan resistance to the Chinese invasion and the tumultuous early years of the Tibetan community in exile as well as his family’s history and spiritual lineage. A reincarnated Tibetan Buddhist lama forced to flee Tibet during the Chinese invasion, Gyari illuminates how his political efforts fulfilled his spiritual calling. Informed by his unparalleled experiences, Gyari offers realizable—but provocative—recommendations for restarting the Tibetan-Chinese dialogue to achieve a mutually beneficial resolution of the issue. For all readers interested in Tibet’s complex modern history, this book offers an incomparable look inside the decades-long effort to achieve the Dalai Lama’s vision of a reunited Tibet.

Author : Dalai Lama V Ngag-dbang-blo-bzang-rgya-mtsho
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015055814837

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The History of Tibet by Dalai Lama V Ngag-dbang-blo-bzang-rgya-mtsho Pdf

Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520911765

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A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951 by Melvyn C. Goldstein Pdf

The "Tibetan Question," the nature of Tibet's political status vis-à-vis China, has been the subject of often bitterly competing views while the facts of the issue have not been fully accessible to interested observers. While one faction has argued that Tibet was, in the main, historically independent until it was conquered by the Chinese Communists in 1951 and incorporated into the new Chinese state, the other faction views Tibet as a traditional part of China that split away at the instigation of the British after the fall of the Manchu Dynasty and was later dutifully reunited with "New China" in 1951. In contrast, this comprehensive study of modern Tibetan history presents a detailed, non-partisan account of the demise of the Lamaist state. Drawing on a wealth of British, American, and Indian diplomatic records; first-hand-historical accounts written by Tibetan participants; and extensive interviews with former Tibetan officials, monastic leaders, soldiers, and traders, Goldstein meticulously examines what happened and why. He balances the traditional focus on international relations with an innovative emphasis on the intricate web of internal affairs and events that produced the fall of Tibet. Scholars and students of Asian history will find this work an invaluable resource and interested readers will appreciate the clear explanation of highly polemicized, and often confusing, historical events.

Author : Warren Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000612288

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Tibetan Nation by Warren Smith Pdf

This detailed history offers the most comprehensive account available of Tibetan nationalism, Sino-Tibetan relations, and the issue of Tibetan self-determination. Warren Smith explores Tibet's ethnic and national origins, the birth of the Tibetan state, the Buddhist state and its relations with China, Tibet's quest for independence, and the Chinese takeover of Tibet after 1950. Focusing especially on post-1950 Tibet under Chinese Communist rule, Smith analyzes Marxist-Leninist and Chinese Communist Party nationalities theory and policy, their application in Tibet, and the consequent rise of Tibetan nationalism. Concluding that the essence of the Tibetan issue is self-determination, Smith bolsters his argument with a comprehensive analysis of modern Tibetan and Chinese political histories.