TY - BOOK AU - Norbu, Dawa TI - China’s Tibet Policy SN - 9780700704743 U1 - 327.515051 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - China -- Foreign relations -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region KW - Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Foreign relations -- China KW - Diplomatic relations N1 - The origins of tribute relations and the Buddhist factor in Sino-Barbarian relations -- The warrior kings of Tibet (624-842 A.D.) and Tang China (618-756 A.D.): the strategic factor -- The Song Dynasty (960-1126) and the Buddhist revolution in Tibet (842-1247): a period of benign neglect -- The Mongol Empire (1207-1368) and the Sakya Lamas (1244-1358): the Buddhist factor in operation -- The Confucian restoration in Ming China (1368-1662) and the refeudalization of post-Sakya Tibet (1337-1565): the role of Karmapa in Tibetan politics -- The Manchu Empire (1662-1912) and the Gelugpa hegemony (1642-1950): the indigenous instruments of indirect rule -- The rise of the Han nation and the end of indirect rule: the consequences of non-change in Tibet -- The anatomy of Tibetan autonomy: an agenda for the twenty-first century -- The warrior kings of Tibet and the Tang Dynasty -- Imperial China and the Lama rulers: imperial power, a non-coercive regime and military dependency -- British interpretations of Sino-Tibetan relationships: the genesis of Tibetan "autonomy" and Chinese "Suzerainty" -- The problematics of the Sino-Tibetan Agreement of 1951 -- The 1959 revolt: in defence of the value system -- The political economy of Communist rule: strategic developments 1951-1998 -- The Tibet factor in Sino-American relations 1948-1998: from secret service to public pressure -- The Tibet factor in Sino-Indian relations: the centrality of marginality -- Beijing, Taiwan and the Tibet question: the politics of internal differentiation -- China's dialogue with the Dalai Lama 1979-1998 -- Tibet's possible future structures: the Dalai's and the dissidents' visions of federation -- Self-determination in the post-Communist era: the Tibetan people's case ER -