When the iron bird flies : China's secret war in Tibet / Jianglin Li ; translated by Stacy Mosher ; with a foreword by the Dalai Lama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Jianglin, 1956- author.

Contributor:

Mosher, Stacy, translator.

Standardized Title:

Dang tie niao zai tian kong fei xiang. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Relations.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History--1951-.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China).

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--History--Uprising of 1959.

China--Relations--Tibet Autonomous Region.

China.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Relations--China.

China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 550 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

Translated from the Chinese.

Summary:

"An untold story that reshapes our understanding of Chinese and Tibetan history. From 1956 to 1962, devastating military conflicts took place in China's southwestern and northwestern regions. Official record at the time scarcely made mention of the campaign, and in the years since only lukewarm acknowledgment of the violence has surfaced. When the Iron Bird Flies, by Jianglin Li, breaks this decades-long silence to reveal for the first time a comprehensive and explosive picture of the six years that would prove definitive in modern Tibetan and Chinese history. The CCP referred to the campaign as "suppressing the Tibetan rebellion." It would lead to the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in India, as well as the Tibetan diaspora in 1959, though the battles lasted three additional years after these events. Featuring key figures in modern Chinese history, the battles waged in this period covered a vast geographical region. This book offers a portrait of chaos, deception, heroism, and massive loss. Beyond the significant death toll across the Tibetan regions, the war also destroyed most Tibetan monasteries in a concerted effort to eradicate local religion and scholarship. Despite being considered a military success, to this day, the operations in the agricultural regions remain unknown. As large numbers of Tibetans have self-immolated in recent years to protest Chinese occupation, Li shows that the largest number of cases occurred in the sites most heavily affected by this hidden war. She argues persuasively that the events described in this book will shed more light on our current moment, and will help us understand the unrelenting struggle of the Tibetan people for their freedom"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Storm Rising in the Mountains

2. Rebellion Sparked in the Year of the Fire Monkey

3. Lithang: The Fallen Buddha of the Future

4. Chatreng: The Broken Mala

5. Nyarong: The Wrath of the Dragoness

6. The First Bend in the Yellow River

7. Tibet: Occupation and "Reform"

8. The Chamdo Pilot Project and "Six Years without Change"

9. Diplomatic Clashes: Zhou Enlai, Nehru, and the Dalai Lama

10. Obscure Events in 1957

11. Gunshots in the Golok Grasslands

12. The Yellow River Massacre

13. Yulshul in Flames

14. Bloodbath at Drongthil Gulch

15. The Crossed-Sword Banner at Drigu Lake

16. The 1958 "Religious Reform Movement"

17. Lhasa, the Last Hope

18. "Lhasa Is No More!"

19. The Battle of Lhoka

20. From Namtso to Mitikha

21. Encircling the Plateau in the Depths of Winter

22. The Men Who Fell from the Sky

23. Chamdo's Fight to the Death

24. The Life-or-Death Journey

25. When the Iron Horse Raced across the Plateau.

Notes:

"A previous version was published in Chinese under the title Dang tieniao zai tiankong feixiang: 1956-1962 qingzang gaoyuan shang de mimi zhanzheng ©2012 by Lianjing chuban gongsi."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-536) and index.

Other Edition:

Translation of: Li, Jianglin, 1956- Taibei Shi : Lian jing chu ban, 2012

Other Format:

Online version: Li, Jianglin, 1956- When the iron bird flies

ISBN:

9781503615090

150361509X

OCLC:

1236849842

Publisher Number:

99989876535