The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947

IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsMapsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Lull Before the StormTibet and Its NeighboursThe Expulsion of the Guomindang and the Communist Victory in ChinaTibet Prepares to Face the PRCTibet Seeks International SupportTibet Negotiates with the Communists2. China InvadesChina Woos TibetThe PLA AttacksChina Imposes Terms on Tibet3. Tibet Appeals to the UN and the 17-Point AgreementThe UN ProblemUN Postpones Debate on TibetTibet and China NegotiateUS Intervention in the Tibetan IssueTibetans Discuss the 17-Point Agreement4. An Uneasy Co-existenceThe Two Prime MinistersOpposition of the PeopleTasilhunpo FactionsThe Indo-Chinese Trade AgreementThe Dalai Lama Meets MaoPrepatory Committee for the TAR5. The RiftThe Uprising in Kham and AmdoGrowing Opposition in Central TibetThe Dalai Lama Visits IndiaZhou Enlai Urges the Dalai Lama to Return to Tibet6. The RevoltThe Founding of 'Four Rivers, Six Ranges'Clandestine Support from AmericaAppeasing the Chinese and Quelling the Khampa Revolt7. The Flight of the Dalai LamaThe Spark of the UprisingSiege of the Summer PalaceThe Last Attempts to Win Over the Dalai LamaEscape of the Dalai Lama8. The International Response and Tibet at the UNNehru and TibetSupport for TibetUN Debates9. Reform and RepressionSmash the Reactionaries!The Panchen RinpocheThe 70,000 Character Petition10. War in the HimalayasA Legacy of EmpireTibetan ResistanceThe Clash of India and China11. Socialist Transformation of TibetThe Purge of the Panchen RinpocheThe Establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region12. The Cultural RevolutionDestruction of the 'Four Olds'Smash the Power-holdersTwo FactionsThe Nyemo Revolt13. Revolution Postponed?Reconstruction of the Political SystemThe Lin Biao Affair and a New Party SecretarySino-US RapprochementAnti-Confucius, Anti-Dalai and Anti-Panchen CampaignsThe Death of MaoThe First Phase of LiberalisationBeijing-Dharamsala DialogueThe First Tibet Work Forum14. A Road to the New TibetThe Second Tibet Work ForumBeijing Hardens Its Policy towards the Dalai LamaA New Party SecretarySino-Indian DifficultiesInternationalisation of the Tibet IssueTibet under Martial LawThe Collapse of the Beijing-Dalai Lama Dialogue15. PostscriptWestern CriticismRegional SolidarityEconomyThe Panchen Rinpoche ControversyConclusionAppendix 1: The 17-Point AgreementAppendix 2: Tibetan SpellingNotesBibliographyIndex