AHP 45: REVIEW: A CHANGE IN WORLDS ON THE SINO-TIBETAN BORDERLANDS

Modern descriptions of Tibetan border regions often construct a simple binary opposition between the Chinese state and Tibetan institutions. Those supporting Beijing's version of history usually sketch a description of the steady and ineluctable expansion of Chinese civilization and sovereignty. Others, critical of Chinese governmental policies in the region, use the same opposition to contrast the modern reality with a romantic vision of a past in which Tibetans lived in harmony with nature. ..