Memories of life in Lhasa under Chinese rule
By: Tubten Khétsun ; translated by Matthew Akester.
Contributors: Akester, Matthew.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231142861
Subjects: Khétsun, Tubten, -- 1941-; Political prisoners -- China -- Tibet -- Biography; Tibet (China) -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Work titles: Dkaʾ sdug ʾog gi byuṅ ba brjod pa.
Table of contents: title: The story of my family; title: My childhood; title: The March 10th uprising; title: The Chinese fan the flames of war; title: Imprisoned at the Tibet Military District headquarters; title: Imprisoned at the Norbu Lingka barracks; title: A prisoner at the Nga-chen power station construction site; title: In Téring prison; title: In Trapchi prison; title: The Trong-nying prison farm; title: Back home after my release from prison; title: The agitation by the Muslims of Woba-ling; title: The fall of the Panchen Lama; title: The misuse of education; title: Sent to Powo yiwong as a construction labourer after the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region; title: The onset of the "Cultural Revolution"; title: The 7th June massacre; title: A disastrous new year; title: Old Tsampa in old Méru; title: The Sino-Soviet war brings increased oppression; title: The "one smash and three anti's" campaign; title: The "great massacre"; title: PLA soldiers destroy the fruits of the people's labour in the marshes; title: The systematic destruction of Ganden monastery; title: Sent to Kongpo as a construction worker for the second time; title: The "Xichao Dachang" timber yard; title: The Tölung power station construction camp; title: The Lin Biao affair; title: The defamation campaign; title: "Socialist transformation"; title: The Banak-shöl production cooperative; title: The farmer's life; title: The death of Mao Zedong and subsequent developments; title: The rewards of my hard work; title: Working in the Potala Palace; title: At the Tibet Academy of Social Science; title: Epilogue: leaving Tibet.