Since 1959, when China claimed power over this tiny mountain nation, more than one million Tibetans are believed to have perished by starvation, execution, imprisonment, and abortive uprisings. Many thousands more, including their spiritual and political leader, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, have been driven into exile. The country has been systematically colonized, so that indigenous inhabitants are now a second-class minority. Not only are Tibetans being squeezed out by Chinese settlers, but there are reports of Tibetan women being forcibly sterilized and of healthy full-term babies being killed at birth. Thousands of Tibetans languish in prison and suffer appalling torture. Rich mineral resources have been plundered and the delicate ecosystem devastated. Buddhism, the life blood of Tibet, has been ruthlessly suppressed. Mary Craig tells the story of Tibet with candor and power. Based upon extensive research and interviews with large numbers of refugees now living in exile in India, this book presents four decades of religious persecution, environmental devastation, and human atrocities that have caused Tibetans to weep "tears of blood."
Tears of Blood: A Cry for Tibet, Mary Craig, Counterpoint, Paperback, 384 pp, $21.95
A former journalist and broadcaster, Mary Craig is the author of many books, including Kundun, a critically acclaimed biography of the Dalai Lama's family. She lives in Hampshire, England.
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CONTENTS: Tears of Blood
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Foreword
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15
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Prologue
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17
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1
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No Smoke Nor Dust
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23
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2
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A Breathing Space
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40
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3
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Divide and Rule, 1951
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48
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4
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"Act of Violence"
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61
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Small Candle in a Storm
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79
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6
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The Elephant's Foot
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89
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Uprising in Lhasa, 1959
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100
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"Springtime has Come to Tibet", 1960
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115
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The White Crane Flies South
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135
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Liberating the Neighbours, 1962
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149
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"Big Rock on the Road", 1964
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157
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12
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Exceeding all Limits, 1966
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166
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13
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A Chinese Vietnam, 1969-76
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184
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Interlude
Ends and a Beginning: The Tibetan Exiles, 1963-73
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196
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"This is Plain Colonialism", 1979
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196
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From Liberalization to Apartheid, 1980-1983
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225
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The "Final Solution", 1985
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242
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Battle is Joined, 1987
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255
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Crackdown, 1988
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268
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"Kill the Chickens and Warn the Monkeys", 1989
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287
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"A Volcano Ready to Erupt", 1990-1991
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306
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Epilogue
The Exiles: Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, September 1991
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322
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Afterword to the 1999 U.S. edition
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333
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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