Chinese Propaganda on Tibet

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Historian Warren Smith is one of the foremost authorities on Communist China's policies on Tibet, and has authored such insightful and valuable works as Tibetan Nation,China's Tibet?, Tibet's Last Stand?, and Tibet's Fate. Dr. Smith now offers his reading public a comprehensive and insightful documentary history in Chinese Propaganda on Tibet which analyses and lays bare China's effort to fully subsume Tibet and to rewrite Tibetan history to conform to its official propagandistic reality. -- Jamyang Norbu, author of The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes Chinese Propaganda on Tibet: A Documentary History demonstrates how the "Tibetan Problem" was created and handled by the CCP and how it was presented to the world through the CCP propaganda machine. For those who may not understand the CCP's political jargon, this is a good introduction. Over the years I have learned that many Western scholars were seduced by CCP propaganda and those who were not familiar with Chinese history tended to take the CCP documents at face value. I truly hope reading these documents and commentaries will help them to understand CCP expressions and mentality. -- Jianglin Li, Author of Tibet in Agony: Lhasa 1959 Chinese Propaganda on Tibet is an invaluable collection of documents and analysis detailing the People's Republic of China's justifications for its conquest and colonization of Tibet. In his expert, no-nonsense style, Dr. Warren Smith analyzes and refutes Chinese claims that Tibet has been part of China "since ancient times," as well as the suggestion that struggles in Tibet are due to class conflict rather than to national conflicts over sovereignty. A clear, concise, and unique combination of reporting and scholarship designed to set the record straight. -- Carole McGranahan, University of Colorado, Boulder