Literature: Tibet's Last Stand? The Tibetan Uprising of 2008 and China's Response

On July 21, 2010, in Book Reviews, The Last Dalai Lama, The Panchen Lama Controversy, by Editor

Retracing the complex history between China and Tibet, noted expert Warren Smith describes the uprising itself and explores its broader significance for Chinese-Tibetan relations. He sharply critiques China’s use of heavy-handed propaganda to recast the uprising and obscure its origins and significance.

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Literature: China's Tibet? Autonomy or Assimilation by Warren W. Smith Jr.

On July 21, 2010, in Book Reviews, The Last Dalai Lama, The Panchen Lama Controversy, by Editor

Anyone who is a Tibet activist, a serious student of Tibetan Buddhism, or a history buff will find Smith’s book indispensable. What is truly fresh and original in China’s Tibet?–and reveals Smith at his most penetrating and disturbing– is his analysis of China’s greatest propaganda successes. The tug of war between recorded fact and historical revisionism, autonomy and assimilation, Tibetan Buddhist culture and Chinese real estate, will continue while the rest of the world looks on from the sidelines. In the meantime, we should be very grateful that Warren Smith has kept a superb scorecard for us.

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