I finally managed to convince my lib friend to accept that he may be wrong about tibet (he thinks that the chinese settler colonised tibet), and that I should give him some sources for reading and for him to make up his mind.
However, I don’t really know where to start in finding good quality sources that he will trust (he is very distrustful of Chinese sources). Does anybody know any good sources I can use? Our argument revolves around 2 main points
- China did not conduct a genocide in tibet
- Tibet was a feudal theocratic society before its liberation.
Much appreciated.
Highly recommend When Serfs Stood up in Tibet by Anna Louise Strong
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/strong-anna-louise/1959/tibet/index.htm
Michael Parenti’s Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth is a good place to start.
Seconding this, anyone defending the monks is in for a real uncomfortable read with this one
I just read this because of this post. Plenty of good sources here, western sources including internal CIA documents and communications.
ProleWiki page on Tibet had some good references. Perhaps these have some primary sources you can highlight as well that aren’t Chinese.
https://redsails.org/friendly-feudalism/
https://www.liberationschool.org/08-04-01-china-tibet-ussponsored-coun-html/
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/strong-anna-louise/1959/tibet/index.htm
From an American journalist who are multiple trips to China during the middle of the 20th century. Was originally published as a book; bonus points if you can snag a copy of that.
