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Path to a Brighter Future - Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Tibet’s Democratic Reform(English Edition)

Author:Zhang Yun

Publication date:2019-05-01

ISBN:9787508541952

Language:English

Abstract:

Some in the West take pre-1959 Tibet as some sort of Shangri-la, a beautiful "utopia". There are various kinds of “beautiful legends” like that which have tended to intoxicate those who don’t understand the reality. However, any wishful thinking to take old Tibet as a “living fossil” frozen in ...
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Introduction

Some in the West take pre-1959 Tibet as some sort of Shangri-la, a beautiful "utopia". There are various kinds of “beautiful legends” like that which have tended to intoxicate those who don’t understand the reality. However, any wishful thinking to take old Tibet as a “living fossil” frozen in a medieval state cannot stop the tide of the times and the turn of the wheel of history. Sixty years ago, the greatest, most profound and most progressive social changes began to take place in Tibet! And that is the truth.

Book catalogue

  • Cover

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  • Titlepage

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  • CONTENTS

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  • Content validity

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  • Preface

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  • Chapter 1 Old Tibet: Dark and Backward

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  • Chapter 2 History and People's Choice

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  • Chapter 3 The People Have Become Masters of Their Own Affairs

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  • Chapter 4 Taking on a New Look

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  • Chapter 5 Entering the New Era

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  • Epilogue

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  • Copyright

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  • Backcover

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