Download or read book The Tibetan Independence Movement written by Jane Ardley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first serious analysis of the Tibetan independence movement, this book is also the first to view the struggle from a comparative perspective, making an overt comparison with the Indian independence movement.
Download or read book International Tibet Independence Movement written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ITM was founded by the Dalai Lama's brother Thubten Jigme Norbu in 1995 to promote Tibetan independence through non-violent means. The site lays out its case for independence and why Tibet is important to the world. Under Archive is a list of the activities of the group over the years, such as protest marches and walks, with information on these activities. The site also offers links, addresses for elected officials and ways to help the Tibetan cause.
Download or read book The Impact of Transnational Forces on the Tibetan Independence Movement written by Boh Pan Ko and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Struggle for Tibet written by Wang Lixiong and published by Verso. This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two leading thinkers argue against the Chinese occupation and the theocracy of Tibet.
Download or read book Political Transformations in the Tibetan Freedom Movement written by Karma Palzom-Pasha and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines how Tibetan exiles were able to redefine peoplehood as displaced persons in India and Nepal and as naturalized American citizens. After the 1959 Chinese colonial occupation of Tibet, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama created a Tibetan Government in Exile in India to rehabilitate the Tibetan people and work towards restoring Tibet's independence. In His Holiness's new 'Tibet' operating alongside Chinese-occupied Tibet, exiles were taught to embrace and practice democracy with the national goal of regaining Tibet's independence. Exiles believed that the Tibetan Government in Exile was the true government of Tibet and understood themselves to be refugees of Chinese invasion, despite the lack of recognition of their legal refugee status by all nation-states. However, an exiled government and a political base of followers backing an anti-colonial movement in South Asia were not enough. His Holiness looked to the United States to garner stronger support for Tibetan sovereignty. This study explores the transformations in the Tibetan Freedom Movement and particularly how Tibetan immigration to the U.S. since the beginning of exile was an integral part of how Tibetans shaped and reshaped the methods of the freedom struggle for independence. In looking at Tibetan immigrant experiences, I trace how the lack of the U.S. government's support for, and disavowal of Tibet's independence led to Tibetan immigrants using cultural and religious enrichment as a means to garner sympathy and support for Tibet. A central aspect of Tibetan activism in the United States became the reliance on American interests in Buddhism, the perpetuation of Shangri-la stereotypes, and the Dalai Lama's visits to propel the visibility of Tibet. This cultural recognition approach later became influential in how the Tibetan Government in Exile was able to permanently resettle 1,000 Tibetans to the U.S. and expand the scope of their influence after the passing of the Immigration Act of 1990, Tibetan Provision 134. While raising awareness about Tibet and living under the Tibetan Government in Exile, the various political transformations in the Tibetan Freedom Movement provided Tibetan exiles the possibility to live in a sovereign, territory-less Tibetan nation outside of their homeland.
Download or read book Forbidden Memory written by Tsering Woeser and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Red Guards arrived in Tibet in 1966, intent on creating a classless society, they unleashed a decade of revolutionary violence, political rallies, and factional warfare marked by the ransacking of temples, the destruction of religious artifacts, the burning of books, and the public humiliation of Tibet’s remaining lamas and scholars. Within Tibet, discussion of those events has long been banned, and no visual records of this history were known to have survived. In Forbidden Memory the leading Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser presents three hundred previously unseen photographs taken by her father, then an officer in the People’s Liberation Army, that show for the first time the frenzy and violence of the Cultural Revolution in Tibet. Found only after his death, Woeser’s annotations and reflections on the photographs, edited and introduced by the Tibet historian Robert Barnett, are based on scores of interviews she conducted privately in Tibet with survivors. Her book explores the motives and thinking of those who participated in the extraordinary rituals of public degradation and destruction that took place, carried out by Tibetans as much as Chinese on the former leaders of their culture. Heartbreaking and revelatory, Forbidden Memory offers a personal, literary discussion of the nature of memory, violence, and responsibility, while giving insight into the condition of a people whose violently truncated history they are still unable to discuss today. Access the glossary.
Download or read book Resistance Religion and Politics written by Jane Ardley and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Circle of Protest written by Ronald David Schwartz and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the non-violent protests by monks and nuns in Tibet for independence from China. The movement began in 1987 partly as a result of official Chinese encouragement for cultural and religious revival during the 1980s. The ongoing struggle and response is a case study of the control methods and weaknesses in China as a whole. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book The Division of Heaven and Earth written by Shokdung and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a translation of one of the most influential and important books from Tibet in the modern era, a passionate indictment of Chinese policies and an eloquent analysis of protests that swept Tibet from March, 2008 - the 'Earth Rat' year according to the Tibetan calendar - as a re-awakening of Tibetan national consciousness and solidarity. The Division of Heaven and Earth was banned by the Chinese government on publication, and led to Shokdung being "disappeared" and imprisoned for nearly six months. This English translation is being made available for the first time since copies began to circulate underground in Tibet. The author, Tagyal -- who uses the pen name Shokdung, meaning "morning conch"-- one of Tibet's leading intellectuals, wrote his book in response to an unprecedented wave of bold demonstrations and expressions of Tibetan solidarity and national identity. In his foreword Matthew Akester, a Tibet specialist who translated this book into English, offers an account of the significance of these developments, which transformed the political landscape across the plateau and led to a sustained and violent crackdown by the Chinese authorities that continues to this day. Shokdung's book is regarded as the most daring and wide-ranging critique of China's policies in Tibet since the 10th Panchen
Download or read book Tibet Through Dissident Chinese Eyes Essays on Self determination written by James D. Seymour and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there have been numerous publications that argue the merit of Chinese rule over Tibet, and many more that argue for Tibetan self-determination, the world has not heard many Chinese voices supporting the latter view. This book exposed the reader to just that perspective from no less famous writers and activists than Wei Jingsheng, Yan Jiaqi, Shen Tong, Wang Rouwang, and others. Though theirs is the view of a small minority of Chinese, history may still record the publication of these essays as a milestone in the history of this issue.
Download or read book The Palestinian Liberation Movement and the Tibetan Independence Movement written by Rachel Cannon and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tibet Unconquered written by Diane Wolff and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fabled country in the far reaches of the Himalayas, Tibet looms large in the popular imagination. The original home of the Dalai Lama, one of the great spiritual leaders of our time, Tibetan Buddhism inspires millions worldwide with the twin values of wisdom and compassion. Yet the Chinese takeover six decades ago also shows another side of Tibet—that of a passionate symbol of freedom in the face of political oppression. International sympathy has kept the Dalai Lama's appeals for autonomy on the world's political agenda, but in light of China's political and economic gains there is fear that Tibet is in danger of being forgotten by the world. As the Dalai Lama grows older, and the Chinese threaten to intervene in the selection of Tibet's next spiritual leader, many wonder if there is any hope for the Tibetan way of life, or if it is doomed to become a casualty of globalization. In Tibet Unconquered East Asia expert Diane Wolff explores the status of Tibet over eight-hundred-years of history. From the Mongol invasion, to the emergence of the Dalai Lama, Wolff investigates the history of political and economic relations between China and Tibet. Looking to the long rule of Chinggis Khan as a model, she argues, that by thinking in regional terms both countries could usher in a new era of prosperity while maintaining their historical and cultural identities. Wolff creates a forward-thinking blueprint for resolving the China and Tibet problem, grounded in the history of the region and the reality of today's political environment that, will guide both countries to peace.
Download or read book Voice of An Exiled Tibetan written by Yeshe Choesang and published by Yeshe Choesang. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the human rights violations in Tibet, which include restrictions on freedom of religion, culture, language, belief, and association. In particular, Tibetans are subjected to arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment in detention, including torture by the Chinese authorities. Press freedom remains non-existent in China and the media in Tibet is tightly controlled by the Chinese leadership, making it difficult to accurately determine the extent of human rights violations. Today, China sees Tibetan religion and culture as the biggest threat to the Communist Party leadership. Cover photo: After 65 years of brutal oppression of the Tibetan people by China, Tibet is still an occupied territory and Tibetans live under constant surveillance by the military and police.
Download or read book Freeing Tibet written by John B. ROBERTS and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2009-02-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March of 1959, a 23-year-old Tibetan youth named Tenzin Gyatso burst onto the world stage. Fleeing his native country to govern in exile from India, the Dalai Lama would go on to become one of the great leaders of our time. Then, in March 2008, the diplomat, icon, and winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize was blamed for inciting violence in Tibet’s traditional capital of Lhasa. As 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s rule in exile, the situation in Tibet has become more volatile than ever. Now, China must decide if it will give Tibet the right to govern itself and what the consequences will be for its economy and its place on the world stage. Freeing Tibet is the incredible, heroic story of Tibet’s arduous struggle to keep freedom alive. From the national uprising in 1959, which cost more than 85,000 Tibetans their lives, to the rise of the Tibetan freedom fighters; the aftereffects of Nixon’s historic visit to China, and preparations for the Dalai Lama’s successor, this seminal history offers an insider’s view of the 50-year struggle for autonomy. As a former Reagan White House political strategist, author John B. Roberts has had unprecedented access to the Dalai Lama’s inner circle. Based on interviews with CIA and political insiders, this epic story gives readers a new understanding of a conflict that continues to fascinate the world. Timely, impeccably researched, and hopeful, this is the book that will change the way we understand Tibet.
Download or read book Religion as Political Activism written by Catherine Hennessy and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Across Many Mountains written by Yangzom Brauen and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a Free Tibet demonstration in Moscow in 2001, a Swiss actress is captured on film being arrested. She catches people.s attention for her passion and her striking, Tibetan beauty. A German publisher suggests she tells the world her story. The result is this breathtaking book about Yangzom Brauen.s Tibetan heritage, and most particularly her extraordinary grandmother and mother, who fled Tibet in the early 1950s when the Chinese came to take their country away.
Download or read book The Historical Status of China s Tibet written by Jiawei Wang and published by 五洲传播出版社. This book was released on 1997 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
