Voices from Tibet

by Law, Violet Wang, Lixiong Woeser, Tsering

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Full title :Voices from Tibet / selected essays and reportage ; Tsering Woeser and Wang Lixiong ; edited and translated by Violet S. Law

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Hong Kong University Press, University of Hawai'i Press
Place of Publication:Hong Kong
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014

The Physical Object

Description:81 s., [8] tav. : : portraits

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780824839512, 082483951X
oclc:ocn900341893
LC Classification:DS786
Dewey Decimal:951 .505

Freedom for Chinese, autonomy for Tibetans -- Where are Tibetans in the Chinese dream -- Beijing Olympics: divided world, divided dream -- The Qinghai-Tibetan railway conscripted -- The next big one -- The fall of Lhasa -- Let go of the Dalai Lama -- Tibetans are ruined by hope -- From self-immolation to self-rule -- Winners and losers under Tibet's capitalism -- Public square or propaganda? -- The pernicious fungus economy -- The "nineteenth army" -- Tibetan women marry Han Chinese as a way out -- Merchants of fake culture -- Only state-sanctioned tour guides need apply -- Railroad to perdition -- Riding the train to Lhasa -- Cassock vs. police uniform -- Framing monks as terrorists -- The world's youngest political prisoner -- Why Tibetans flee to India? -- Helicopters over stupas -- Stampede in Jokhang -- Barkor at nightfall -- Highway robbery in holy places -- Siphoning off Tibetan water -- Herders are strangers on their land -- Every inch of land is sacred -- Betting on Tibetan land -- How fur becomes Tibetan fashion -- Disappearing Lhasa -- Regret in a half-century -- Scrapping Tibetan lessons for stability -- Must children trade roots for books? -- Ye all celebrate Chinese …

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