The Dragon in the Land of Snows · The History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 by Shakya, Tsering -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents About the Author Illustrations Credits Maps Dedication Title Page Abbreviations Introduction 1. 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

2. China Invades

China Woos Tibet The PLA Attacks China Imposes Terms on Tibet

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. The Revolt

The Founding of ‘Four Rivers, Six Ranges’ Clandestine Support from America Appeasing the Chinese and Quelling the Khampa Revolt

7. 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

8. The International Response and Tibet at the UN

Nehru and Tibet Support for Tibet UN Debates

9. Reform and Repression

Smash the Reactionaries! The Panchen Rinpoche The 70,000 Character Petition

10. War in the Himalayas

A Legacy of Empire Tibetan Resistance The Clash of India and China

11. Socialist Transformation of Tibet

The Purge of the Panchen Rinpoche The Establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region

12. The Cultural Revolution

Destruction of the ‘Four Olds’ Smash the Power-holders Two Factions The Nyemo Revolt

13. 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

14. 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

15. Postscript

Western Criticism Regional Solidarity Economy The Panchen Rinpoche Controversy Conclusion

Appendix 1 The 17-Point Agreement Appendix 2 Tibetan Spelling Picture Section Notes Acknowledgements Bibliography Index Copyright