China's Tibet? autonomy or assimilation /

Smith, Warren W.

China's Tibet? autonomy or assimilation / [Book] : Warren W. Smith, Jr. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2008. - xxi, 315 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-301) and index.

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.

All.

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Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Politics and government--1951-
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Relations.--China.
China--Relations.--Tibet.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Foreign public opinion.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--International status.

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