Tears of Blood A Cry For Tibet

by Craig, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781582431024
• ISBN10: 1582431027
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-22
• Publisher: Counterpoint

Summary

"On October 7, 1959, the Chinese People's Liberation Army invaded the heartland of Tibet, annexing it as a western province of the newly established People's Republic of China. Since then more than a million Tibetans - 20% of the population - are believed to have perished by starvation, execution, and imprisonment. Many thousands more, including Tibet's spiritual and political leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, have been driven into exile."--BOOK JACKET. "This thorough history of Tibet under Chinese occupation is based on extensive research and Craig's numerous interviews with Tibetan refugees. The result is a powerful cry against the political oppression and human rights abuses that have been ignored far too long by the Western world. Tears of Blood is not only an account of the Chinese atrocities, but more importantly a celebration of the Tibetan people and their non-violent struggle to preserve their culture and religion."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Mary Craig was a journalist and a British writer. She lived in Hampshire, England. A prolific author, she wrote 14 books since 1978, including a trilogy on Tibet, biographies of personalities, including John Paul II, Lech Walesa and Frank Pakenham.

Table of Contents

Foreword	15	(2)
Prologue	17	(6)
No Smoke Nor Dust	23	(17)
A Breathing Space	40	(8)
Divide and Rule, 1951	48	(13)
``Act of Violence''	61	(18)
Small Candle in a Storm	79	(10)
The Elephant's Foot	89	(11)
Uprising in Lhasa, 1959	100	(15)
``Springtime has Come to Tibet'', 1960	115	(20)
The White Crane Flies South	135	(14)
Liberating the Neighbours, 1962	149	(8)
``Big Rock on the Road'', 1964	157	(9)
Exceeding all Limits, 1966	166	(17)
A Chinese Vietnam, 1969--1976	183	(19)
Interlude Ends and a Beginning: The Tibetan Exiles, 1963--1973	196	(6)
``This is Plain Colonialism'', 1979	202	(23)
From Liberalization to Apartheid, 1980--1983	225	(17)
The ``Final Solution'', 1985	242	(13)
Battle is Joined, 1987	255	(13)
Crackdown, 1988	268	(19)
``Kill the Chickens and Warn the Monkeys'', 1989	287	(19)
``A Volcano Ready to Erupt'', 1990--1991	306	(16)
Epilogue The Exiles: Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, September 1991	322	(11)
Afterword to the 1999 U.S. edition	333
Notes
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Index