POLI 338 Chapter Notes -Traditionalist Conservatism, Collectivization In The Soviet Union, Hu Yaobang
24 Jan 2013
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Goldstein & beall impact of china"s reform policy on the nomads of western tibet subject: phala xiang. 250 square-mile; 57 households; 265 persons; 10 home-base encampments raise sheep, goats, yak, and horses and do not farm sheep and goat make up 87 per cent of livestock; yak the remaining 13 per cent. Historical background during qing, sino-tibetan relations were not formally regulated. Chinese influence/authority implemented at the top fall of qing resulted in chinese expulsion from tibet. Sino-tibetan relations from 1911-1949 characterized by unsuccessful attempts on both sides to reach a mutually satisfactory solution. Britain, india, and us decided unilaterally on policy of de jure chinese suzerainty over tibet but de facto independence of tibet new prc government invaded eastern tibet in 1950; signed agreement acknowledging chinese sovereignty in 1951. 1951-59 marked by increasing discord between traditional tibetan government, chinese officials in tibet, and growing rebel movement unsuccessful tibetan revolt erupted in march 1959; dalai lama fled into exile.
