To the End of Revolution: The Chinese Communist Party and Tibet, 1949–1959

Xiaoyuan Liu

Published by Columbia University Press 2020

To the End of Revolution

The Chinese Communist Party and Tibet, 1949–1959

Xiaoyuan Liu

https://doi.org/10.7312/liu-19526

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The status of Tibet is one of the most controversial and complex issues in the history of modern China. In To the End of Revolution, Xiaoyuan Liu draws on unprecedented access to the archives of the Chinese Communist Party to offer a groundbreaking account of Beijing’s evolving Tibet policy during the critical first decade of the People’s Republic.

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Xiaoyuan Liu is David Dean 21st Century Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Virginia and Zijiang Professor at East China Normal University. His books include Frontier Passages: Ethnopolitics and the Rise of Chinese Communism, 1921–1945 (2004) and Reins of Liberation: An Entangled History of Mongolian Independence, Chinese Territoriality, and Great Power Hegemony, 1911–1950 (2006).

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William C. Kirby, Harvard University:
Perhaps no issue has been more controversial and damaging to China’s international image than its policies in Tibet. Why did the “New China” of the Communist Party move so quickly from accommodation to occupation in Tibet? How were its policies shaped by political tensions abroad and at home? What can this tragic history tell us about continuities in Chinese strategies toward religious and ethnic minorities over time and space? Xiaoyuan Liu is a master historian who has pursued masterly research in Chinese and international archives. This book will be read and cited by scholars of Chinese politics and history. It is required reading for any who seek to understand the origins of Tibet’s modern misfortune.

Odd Arne Westad, author of Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750:
An outstanding history of how the Chinese Communists turned Tibet into a problem of their own creation. Nobody will be able to understand current Chinese decision-making on Tibet without grasping how concepts of borders and territoriality were remade in the wake of the Chinese revolution.

Peter C. Perdue, author of China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia:
Liu Xiaoyuan tells in exquisite detail, based on new archival sources, the dramatic story of how the PRC took over Tibet. Embracing multiple scales of time and space, he gives us a close-up view of how the PRC eliminated the autonomy of Tibet, and a wide-ranging exploration of its implications for global geopolitics. A must-read for students of China’s rise to world power.

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NOMENCLATURE AND TRANSLITERATION Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
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Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: September 7, 2020
ISBN: 9780231551274