Tibetan FAQ (4)

Section D: FURTHER INFORMATION E1) What World-Wide Web sites have further information about Tibet? Main Tibet Website http://www.tibet.org Channel #Tibet's Homepage http://www.callamer.com/~urgen/tibet/ Committee of 100 for Tibet http://members.aol.com/tibet100/tibet100.html DharmaNet Electronic Files Archive http://sunsite.unc.edu/dharma/defa.html An online Buddhist library maintained by DharmaNet International. Free Tibet Home Page http://www.manymedia.com/tibet/index.html This site maintains a list of Tibetan support organizations and their programs; articles with suggestions for action you can undertake to help Tibetans; and a Tibetan reading and resource list. Granny G's Canadian Neighborhood Homeport http://www.grannyg.bc.ca/tibet/ Home Page of Tibet http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~wtv/tibet/Welcome.html This site includes an outline of Tibet's history from a pro-Chinese point of view. IHEP/China (US mirror site) http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~china/tour/tb.html This site is maintained by the Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing. International Campaign for Tibet http://www.peacenet.org/ict Magic of Tibet http://www.magicoftibet.com Milarepa Project http://www.nando.net/music/gm/BeastieBoys/Info/Milarepa/ The Milarepa Project is part of the Music Kitchen site. Its file on Tibet was supplied by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. Multi-media site with Tibetan Music http://park.org/Tibet Shugden Supporters Community http://www.he.net/~shugden Snow Lion Web Site http://www.well.com/user/snowlion/ A catalog of books on Tibet available from Snow Lion Publications. Students for a Free Tibet http://cs.oberlin.edu/~djacobs/tibet talk.pol.tibet FAQ http://www.manymedia.com/tibet/TibetResourcesPolFAQ.html An indexed version of this document. Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library text http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html images http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/TibPages/Map/tibetmaps.html images http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/TibPages/Art/tibetart.html These URLs are part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library maintained by the COOMBS Computing Unit of Australian National University, Canberra. They provide web links to 151 facilities worldwide with Tibet- related information. Tibet Current Affairs http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/TibPages/Current/tin-bulletins.html An on-line archive of current affairs analyses and news bulletins maintained by the London-based Tibet Information Network. Tibet Online Resource Gathering http://www.tibet.org/ World Tibet Network News http://www.omtanken.se/sve_tib/wtnn.htm alternate site http://www.iem.pw.edu.pl/PSPT/wtn.html E2) Where do I find information concerning travel to Tibet? An FAQ on traveling to Tibet was written by (andrew@dorje.demon.co.uk). It can be accessed via the following URL: http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/TibPages/Travel/travel-faq.html E3) What Tibet-oriented mailing lists can I subscribe to? World Tibet Network News is a weekly electronic newsletter which contains news and comment about Tibet from a variety of viewpoints. To subscribe, e-mail a request to (listserv@vm1.mcgill.ca). In the body of the message, type "SUB WTN-L [your name]". For example: SUB WTN-L Jane Q. User To cancel your subscription, send a message with command, "SIGNOFF WTN-L" to (listserv@vm1.mcgill.ca). WTN is also available from a Web site listed in question E1. Tibet-L is a mailing list for discussing issues related to Tibet. According to the description provided by Conrad Richter (tibet@RICHTERS.COM), owner of the list, "News and views, comments and questions are welcome on topics such as tours of lamas, conferences, exhibitions, and seminars too. Particularly welcome are submissions on political developments in Tibet." To subscribe, send a request to (Listserv@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu). In the body of the message, type "SUBSCRIBE TIBET-L [your name]". Send articles to be posted on the list to (TIBET-L@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu). To cancel your subscription, send the command "SIGNOFF TIBET-L" to (Listserv@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu). Tibetan-Studies-L is a mailing list maintained by the Australian National University "for exchange of scholarly and factual information dealing with Tibet." To subscribe, send a e-mail to (majordomo@coombs.anu.edu.au) with the message "SUBSCRIBE Tibetan-Studies-L [your e-mail address]". E4) What are the addresses of some organizations that deal with Tibet? AUSTRALIA Office of Tibet 3 Weld Street, Yarralumla, Canberra ACT, 2600 Tel: (61-6) 285-4046 and (61-6) 282-4306 Fax: (61-6) 282-4301 [The Australian office of the Tibetan government-in-exile.] CANADA Canada-Tibet Committee 4675 Coolbrook, Montreal, Quebec H3X 2K7 Tel: (1-514)-487-0665 Fax: (1-514)-487-7825 E-mail: (tibet@richters.com) [CTC is a cross-Canada network dedicated to fighting human rights abuses in Tibet and advancing the Tibetan people's right to independence. It is currently raising funds to improve Internet access for Tibetans living in India. CTC also publishes World Tibet Network News. (See question E3).] INDIA Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 10 Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi 110024 Tel: (91-11) 647-3386 Fax: (91-11) 646-1914 [The Dalai Lama can be e-mailed at the Tibetan Computer Resource Center (tcrc@cta.unv.ernet.in). Use "TO: His Holiness" as the subject.] Department of Information and International Relations Central Tibetan Administration, Gangchen Kyishong, Dharamasala 176 215 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA International Campaign for Tibet 1825 K St. NW Suite 520, Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (1-202) 785-1515 Fax: (1-202) 785-4343 E-mail: (ict@igc.apc.org) [The ICT has produced a tourist map entitled "On This Spot: An Unconventional Map and Guide to Lhasa," which includes "uncensored stories behind Lhasa's tourist sites." The mail order cost is $6.95. The ICT also publishes _Tibet Press Watch_, a bi-monthly magazine for ICT members. Membership costs $25 a year. ICT has a Web site listed under question E1.] Office of Tibet 241 E 32nd St., New York, NY 10016 Tel: (1-212) 213-5010 Fax: (1-212) 779-9245 E-mail: (otny@igc.apc.org) [The North American office of the Tibetan government-in-exile.] Students for a Free Tibet 241 E 32nd St., New York, NY 10016 Tel: (1-212) 213-5011 Fax: (1-212) 779-9245 E-mail: (ustcsft@igc.apc.org) Tibetan Review, Potala Publications 241 East 32nd St., New York, NY 10016 [_Tibetan Review_ is published monthly in New Delhi by Tibetans. A subscription is $20 a year.] UNITED KINGDOM Campaign Free Tibet 30 Hollingbourne Gardens, Ealing, London W13 Tel: (44-181) 998-8368 Office of Tibet Tibet House, 1 Culworth Street, London NW8 7AF Tel: (44-171) 722-5378 Fax: (44-171) 722-0362 [The British office of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Its has a web site at http://www.gn.apc.org/tibetlondon] Tibet Information Network (TIN) City Cloisters, 188-196 Old St., London EC1 9FR, United Kingdom Tel: (44-171) 814-9011 Fax: (44-171) 814-9015 E-mail: (tin@gn.apc.org) [Independent news gathering and distribution service] E5) What books about Tibet would you recommend? Avedon, John F. _In Exile From the Land of Snows_, New York, 1984, xii + 383 pages. An account of Tibet's recent history from the perspective of the Tibetan exile community. Epstein, Israel. _Tibet Transformed_, Beijing, 1983, 566 pages. Beijing's view of matters Tibetan. Feigon, Lee. _Demystifying Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of Snows_, Chicago, 1996, xi + 242 pages. A general survey of Tibetan history. Goldstein, Melvyn C. _A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: the Demise of the Lamaist State_, Berkeley, 1989, xxv + 898 pages. A nonpartisan, authoritative account by the foremost scholar of modern Tibetan history. Harrer, Heinrich. _Seven Years in Tibet_, New York, 1953, xiii + 288 pages. A classic tale of travel and adventure, told by an Austrian mountain climber who became a tutor to the Dalai Lama. Richardson, Hugh Edward. _Tibet and Its History_, Boulder, 1984, 327 pages. A British view of Tibet's history, now in its second revised edition. Richardson was head of the British/Indian mission in Lhasa in 1936-40 and 1946-50. Walt van Praag, Michael C. van. _The Status of Tibet: History, Rights and Prospects in International Law_, Boulder, 1987, xxiv + 381 pages. Makes a thoroughly documented legal case for Tibet's status as an independent nation. Section F: SOURCES [Atlas10] _Atlas of China = Ta-Ch'ing Ti-kuo Ch'uan-t'u_, Shanghai, 1910, map I. [Asia90] Asia Watch Committee. _Merciless Repression: Human Rights Abuses in Tibet_, New York, 1990, p. 1. A UPI report said that this remark was made in a meeting with TAR local administrators in July 1988. [Banister87] Banister, Judith. _China's Changing Population_, Stanford, 1987, pp. 322-23. [Bell24] Bell, Charles, _Tibet: Past and Present_, Oxford, 1924, pp. 78-79. [Bennett95] Bennett, Gary M. _China Facts & Figures Annual: 1995_, Gulf Breeze, 1995, p. 134. [BR-D90] "Population of China's Ethnic Nationalities," _Beijing Review_, Beijing, 24 Dec 1990, p. 34. [BR-F89] "`Tibetan Independence' -- Fact or Fiction?" _Beijing Review_, Beijing, 13 Feb 1989, pp. 25-30. [BR-N90] "Tibetan Population Outgrows Average," _Beijing Review_, Beijing, 26 Nov 1990, p. 10. [Brunnert12] Brunnert, H. S. and Hagelstrom, V.V. _Present Day Political Organization of China_, Shanghai, 1912. p. 467. This example is from a 1694 decree issued by the Kangxi emperor. [Dhondup78] Dhondup, K., "Panchen Lama, the Enigmatic Tibetan," _Tibetan Review_, Feb-March 1978, pp. 13-17. [Donnet94] Donnet, Pierre-Antoine. _Tibet: Survival in Question_, London and New Jersey, 1994, pp. 234, 236, 244. [Epstein83] Epstein, Israel. _Tibet Transformed_, Beijing, 1983, pp. 140-141. [Far95] "High Stakes," _Far East Economic Review_, Hongkong, 22 June 1995. [Fiske94] Fiske, John D., _China Facts & Figures Annual: 1994_, Gulf Breeze, 1994, pp. 88, 260, 293, 296. [Giles1] Giles, Herbert A. _A Chinese English Dictionary_, London, 1912, pp. 415, 1496. [Giles2] Ibid. pp. 504, 1434-35. [Goldstein81] Goldstein, Melvyn C. "New Perspectives on Tibetan Fertility and Population Decline," _American Ethnologist_, Washington, Nov 1981, pp. 721-38. [Goldstein89] Goldstein, Melvyn C. _A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State_, Berkeley, 1989, p. 401. [Grunfeld1] Grunfeld, Tom A. _The Making of Modern Tibet_, London, 1987, pp. 11, 13, 237n77. [Grunfeld2] Ibid. pp. 27-28. [Grunfeld3] Ibid. p. 228. [Gyatso89] Gyatso, Tenzin, Dalai Lama XIV. _Tibet, China and the World: A Compilation of Interviews_, Dharamsala, 1989, p. 31. [ICJ1] International Commission of Jurists, Legal Inquiry Committee on Tibet. _Tibet and the Chinese People's Republic_, Geneva, 1960, p. 3. [ICJ2] Ibid. pp. 5-6. [Info93] Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration. "Tibet: Proving Truth from Facts," Dharamasala, 1993. [Kaye93] Kaye, Lincoln. "Raging Inflation: Lhasa Price Protest Escalates into Anti-Chinese Riot," _Far Eastern Economic Review_, Hongkong, 3 Jun 1993, p. 13. [Kerr93] Kerr, Blake. _Sky Burial: An Eyewitness Account of China's Brutal Crackdown in Tibet_, Chicago, 1993, pp. 163-64. [Kewley90] Kewley, Vanya. _Tibet: Behind the Ice Curtain_, London, 1990, p. 392. [Kolmas67] Kolmas, Josef. _Tibet and Imperial China: A Survey of Sino- Tibetan Relations up to the End of the Manchu Dynasty in 1912_, Canberra, 1967, pp. 27-28. [Kristof93] Kristof, Nicholas D. "Communist Party Chief Calls for a Purge in Tibet," _The New York Times_, New York, 14 Feb 1993, p. 11. [Meltzer93] Meltzer, Milton, _Slavery: A World History_, New York, 1993, Vol. II, p. 258. [McEvedy78] McEvedy, Colin, and Jones, Richard. _The Atlas of World Population History_, London, 1978, pp. 168-169. [Overholt93] Overholt, William H. _The Rise of China: How Economic Reform is Creating a New Superpower_, New York, 1993, pp. 103, 105. [Partridge66] Partridge, Eric. _Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English_, New York, 1966, p. 719. [Poston92] Poston, Dudley L. Jr. and Yaukey, David. _The Population of Modern China_, New York, 1992, overleaf. [Reuter96] Reuter wire service report, March 19, 1996. [Rockhill91] Rockhill, W. Woodville. "Tibet from Chinese Sources," _Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland_, Cambridge, 1891, p. 13. [Savada93] Savada, Andrea M. _Nepal and Bhutan: Country Studies_, Washington, 1993, p. 186. [Southerland88] Southerland, Daniel. "Tibetan Tells of Torture: Monk Says Chinese Abuse Prisoners in the Region," _The Washington Post_, Washington, 6 Sept 1988, p. A23:1. [Southerland89] Southerland, Daniel. "The Panchen Lama, Religious Leader in Tibet, Dies 50," _The Washington Post_, Washington, 30 Jan 1988, p. D4:1. [Strauss] Strauss, Robert. _Tibet -- A Travel Survival Kit_, Berkeley, 1992, pp. 18-19. [Strib95] "Report: Hundreds Jailed, Tortured in Tibet," _Minneapolis Star-Tribune_, 30 May 1995, p. 4A. [Sun94] Sun, Lena H. "Ethnic Animosities Reborn as Chinese Traders Flood Tibet," _The Washington Post_, Washington, 15 Sept 1994, p. A27:1. [Schwartz] Schwartz, Ronald D. _Circle of Protest: Political Ritual in the Tibetan Uprising_, New York, 1994, pp. 160-61. [Tibet95] Tibet Support Group UK. _New Majority Chinese Population Transfer into Tibet_, London, 1995. [US Census94] U.S. Bureau of the Census. _Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1994_, Washington, 1994, tables 696, 1375. [Walt1] Walt van Praag, Michael C. van. _The Status of Tibet: History, Rights and Prospects in International Law_, Boulder, 1987, pp. 287-288. [Walt2] Ibid. p. 163. Captured PLA documents are cited as the source of the claim that 87,000 Tibetans died in the 1959 revolt. [Walt3] Ibid. p. 196. The quote is from a speech Solzhenitsyn made in Tokyo. [Walt4] Ibid. p. 318. [Walt5] Ibid. p. 112. [Walt6] Ibid. p. 36. This example is from a telegram sent by the Qing Foreign Ministry to the Ambans in Lhasa in 1904. [Walt7] Ibid. p. 37. [Walt8] Ibid. p. 228n20. [Walt9] Ibid. pp. 139-40. [Walt10] Ibid. p. 79. [Walt11] Ibid. p. 51. [Walt12] Ibid. p. 89. [World94] _World Almanac and Book of Facts: 1995_, New York, 1994, p. 833. [Yang75] Yang Shou-ching. _Li Tai Yu Ti Yen Ko T`u_, Taipei, 1975, Vol 1, pp. 13-71. This atlas was originally published in 1879 as _Li Tai Yu Ti Yen Ko Hsien Yao Tu_. Peter Kauffner Copyright 1994-1997 Minneapolis, Minnesota "There are many great nations on this earth who have achieved unprecedented wealth and might, but there is only one nation which is dedicated to the well- being of humanity and that is the religious land of Tibet, which cherishes a joint spiritual and temporal system." -- letter drafted by the Tibetan National Assembly, 1946

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