Cover Image

Tragedy in crimson : how the Dalai Lama conquered the world but lost the battle with China /

"Tragedy in Crimson" is award-winning journalist Tim Johnson's extraordinary account of the cat-and-mouse game embroiling China and the Tibetan exile community over Tibet.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Tim, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nation Books, [2011]
Subjects:
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Relations > China.
China > Relations > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, > Dalai Lama XIV, > 1935-
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, > Dalai Lama XIV, > 1935- > Political and social views.
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, > Dalai Lama XIV, > 1935- > Travel > United States.
Johnson, Tim, > 1957- > Travel > China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Description and travel.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Social life and customs.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Politics and government > 1951-
China > Politics and government > 1949-
Table of Contents:
  • The big gamble
  • On Tibet's periphery
  • Riding the rails to Tibet
  • Holy city or devil's land
  • Over the Himalayas
  • Dharamsala
  • The Karmapa
  • The princess
  • Wolves at the door
  • Getting religion
  • A "simple Buddhist monk"
  • Thwarting the Dalai Lama
  • Hollywood versus Wal-Mart
  • Epilogue: China's "totally correct" policies.