Tragedy in crimson
Subtitle: how the Dalai Lama conquered the world but lost the battle with China
By: Tim Johnson
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781568586014
Description: "Tragedy in Crimson" is award-winning journalist Tim Johnson's extraordinary account of the cat-and-mouse game embroiling China and the Tibetan exile community over Tibet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The big gamble; title: On Tibet's periphery; title: Riding the rails to Tibet; title: Holy city or devil's land; title: Over the Himalayas; title: Dharamsala; title: The Karmapa; title: The princess; title: Wolves at the door; title: Getting religion; title: A "simple Buddhist monk"; title: Thwarting the Dalai Lama; title: Hollywood versus Wal-Mart; title: Epilogue: China's "totally correct" policies.