Tibet : A Simmering Troublespot.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (126 pages)
- Countries and Cultures of the World Series .
- Countries and Cultures of the World Series .
Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Tibet: Problems, Prospects, and U.S. Policy* -- Summary -- Introduction -- Current Situation Concerning Tibet -- March 2008 Demonstrations and Crackdown -- Tibetan People's Uprising Movement (TPUM) -- Media Coverage -- PRC Views of the Dalai Lama -- Other Issues in Tibet -- Status of the 11th Panchen Lama -- China's 2007 "Reincarnation Law -- Patriotic Education -- Theft of Tibetan Artifacts -- Economic Development -- Implications for U.S. Policy -- Sino-Tibetan Dialogue -- Implication for 2008 Olympics -- Implications for Congress -- Background on Modern Tibet -- Tibetan/Chinese Political History -- Tibet as a Geographical Entity -- The Dalai Lama's 1959 Flight and Exile -- History of U.S. Policy Since the 1980s -- Efforts to Create a Special Envoy for Tibet -- U.S. Legislation and Financial Assistance for Tibet -- The Dalai Lama and the Congressional Medal of Honor -- Congressional Response to the March 2008 Demonstrations -- Appendix I Legislative Earmarks for Tibet -- 110th Congress (2007-2008) -- 109th Congress (2005-2006) -- 108th Congress (2003-2004) -- 107th Congress (2001-2002) -- 106th Congress (1999-2000) -- 105th Congress (1997-1998) -- 104th Congress (1995-1996) -- 103rd Congress (1993-1994) -- Appendix II Selected U.S. Government Reports with Components on Tibet -- International Religious Freedom Report, China (annual report) -- Reports on Human Rights Practices, China (annual report) -- Report on Tibet Negotiations (annual report) -- Congressional-Executive Commission Report (annual report) -- Chapter 2 -- Tibet: Special Focus for 2007* -- Congressional-Executive Commission on China -- Legislative Branch Commissioners -- Executive Branch Commissioners -- Findings -- Introduction -- Status of Discussion between China and the Dalai Lama. Commission Recommendations, U.S. Policy, and the Report on Tibet Negotiations -- Dalai Lama's Envoys' Fifth Visit to China -- Discussions with the Party's UFWD -- A Tibetan Vision of Autonomy: The Special Envoy Provides More Detail -- The Tibetan Vision of Autonomy Versus China's Constitution and Law -- The REAL Provides Subordination, Not Self-government -- The REAL Provides a Basis To Divide Tibetan Areas, Not To Unify Them -- Conflict of Law Limits Rights Provided by the Constitution and REAL -- The Legislation Law Bars Autonomous Governments From Altering Laws and Regulations That Concern Autonomy -- Special Administrative Regions Offer More Flexibility -- Religious Freedom for Tibetan Buddhists -- Commission Recommendations and China's Record -- TAR Party Chief Intensifies Anti-Dalai Lama Campaign, Patriotic Education -- TAR Measures Extend Party Control Over Tibetan Buddhism -- National Government Measures Take Control of Tibetan Buddhist Reincarnation -- Number of Imprisoned Monks and Nuns Declines as Repression of Religion Increases -- No Progress on Access to (or Freedom for) the Panchen Lama -- Incidents of Repression of Freedom of Religion in Tibetan Secular Society -- Tibetan Culture under Chinese Development Policy and Practice -- Commission Reports and Recommendations: Tibetan Culture in a Developing West -- GWD Era Laws and Regulations Tend To Pressure, Not Protect, Tibetan Culture -- Qinghai-Tibet Railway Carries 1.5 Million Passengers Into the TAR in First Year -- Rebuilding the Tibetan Countryside: Allegations of Forced Settlement, Re-housing -- Punishing Peaceful Tibetan Expression under China's Constitution and Law -- Commission Reports, China's Record on Tibetan Rights -- Political Imprisonment of Tibetans: Peaceful Expression and Non-Violent Action as Threats to State Security -- References -- Chapter 3. Statement of Steven Marshall, Prisoner Database Program Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee "The Crisis in Tibet: Finding A Path to Peace" (April 23, 2008) -- Chapter 4 -- Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs Testimony of Mr. Lodi Gyari: Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (April 23, 2008) -- Situation in Tibet -- Chinese Missteps and Tibetan Efforts to Engage -- Overall Issue of Tibet -- A Way Forward -- Chapter 5 -- Testimony of Richard Gere (Board of Directors) International Campaign for Tibet Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs (April 23, 2008) -- Chapter 6 -- Statement by John D. Negroponte Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs (April 23, 2008) -- Recent Events and the Administration's Response -- U.S. Support for Human Rights in Tibet -- Tibet and the Olympics -- The Way Forward -- Chapter 7 -- Statement by Lobsang Sangay Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Asia Pacific Subcommittee on Crisis in Tibet (April 23, 2008) -- China as a Great Nation -- History and Nationalism -- An Historic Opportunity -- Steps Forward -- Bio: Dr. Lobsang Sangay -- Index -- Blank Page.
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Politics and government -- 1951-.