The Disempowered Development of Tibet in China: A Study in the Economics of Marginalization

Series:
Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture, Lexington Books
Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Since the central government of China started major campaigns for western development in the mid-1990s, the economies of the Tibetan areas in Western China have grown rapidly and living standards have improved. However, grievances and protests have also intensified, as dramatically evidenced by the protests that spread across most Tibetan areas in spring 2008 and by the more recent ...