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Title:
Tibet / Jeff Hay, book editor.
Author:
Hay, Jeff, editor of compilation.
Publication Information:
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014]
Call Number:
JC599 .C62 T5365 2014
Abstract:
"This title explores decades of conflict and violence in Tibet, with historical background, an examination of the controversies, including the assertion that China committed genocide in Tibet, the status of religion in Tibet, what outsiders have done in regard to Tibet, and personal narratives of those affected"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780737769012
Series:
Genocide & persecution

Genocide and persecution series

Genocide and persecution.
Physical Description:
194 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Historical background on Tibet. A brief history of Tibet / Alex McKay ; Tibet has a long and complex history with China / Encyclopedia of modern China ; The seventeen-point agreement between China and Tibet / Government of China ; Tibet uprising and resistance / James Steinberg ; Tibetan resistance fighters receive training and aid from the United States / Carole McGranahan ; A United Nations committee reports that China has committed acts of genocide in Tibet / International Commission of Jurists ; Tibet's leader, the Dalai Lama, explains his exile / The Dalai Lama ; The opening of a railway line to Tibet's capital spurs protests / Jehangir S. Pocha ; Tibetans stage protests in the months before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing / USA Today ; China: Tibetan monasteries placed under direct rule / Human Rights Watch ; The Tibetan government-in-exile marks a sad anniversary / Tibetan Parliament in Exile -- Controversies surrounding Tibet. Tibetan dissident to accuse Chinese of torture and genocide / Clifford Coonan ; In Tibet, defiant self-immolations spread beyond monks, nuns / Robert Marquand ; China's 100 million religious believers must banish their "superstitions," says official / Ben Blanchard ; Written statement submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council / Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l'Amitié entre les Peuples (MRAP) ; Hollywood celebrates the year of Tibet / Tim Cornwell ; Some Tibetans object to Hollywood views of their culture / Barbara Stewart ; Tibet's culture itself offers examples of persecution and oppression / Sorrel Neuss -- Personal narratives. Growing up in Tibet's years of crisis / Jetsun Pema with Gilles van Grasdorff ; Years in a prison camp / Adhe Tapontsang ; A Chinese man challenges his own understanding of history and geography / Harry Wu ; An American doctor tells of atrocities in Tibet / Blake Kerr.
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