HIDDEN TIBET
HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE AND OCCUPATION
Sergius L. Kuzmin
CONTENTS
Introduction .................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 1. Geography and Origin of the Tibetans .............................................. 7
Chapter 2. Antiquity and Middle Ages ..............................................................14
Chapter 3. Epoch of the Qing Empire ...............................................................45
Chapter 4. Last Years of Independence ............................................................ 86
Chapter 5. Religion and Culture .................................................................... 113
Chapter 6. State, Society and Economy ..........................................................135
Chapter 7. “Peaceful Liberation” and Its Consequences ..................................163
Chapter 8. From the People's Uprising to the Cultural Revolution ................... 211
Chapter 9. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Results of the Mao Period ..288
Chapter 10. Reconstruction and Modernization .............................................348
Tibetan People's Struggle, the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Refugees ................ 354
Religion ................................................................................................... 388
Autonomy and Demography ...................................................................... 413
Language, Education, and Culture ............................................................ 423
Condition of Natural Environment ............................................................ 428
Economy ................................................................................................. 433
Militarization .......................................................................................... 438
Living Standard and Health Care ............................................................. 440
Chapter 11. Tibet, an Inseparable Part of China? ...........................................444
Statehood in International Law and in Chinese Tradition ........................... 444
On China and “Chinese Dynasties” .......................................................... 455
Solution of Ethnic Problem in China .......................................................... 473
Status of Tibet: a Historical Retrospective .................................................. 484
Chapter 12. Decline of Tibetan and Mongolian Civilization? ..........................508
References ................................................................................................... 515
Summary .....................................................................................................543