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Timothy Thurston on Tibetan Satire

Tibetans inside China have found various ways to push back against Beijing and voice their dissatisfaction. A lesser-known form of subtle resistance is the art...

Ill Winds In Tibet

A banned Tibetan novel, now published in English, recounts the devastation of Mao's campaigns in the wake of the Amdo Rebellion of 1958.

Who Will Be the Next Dalai Lama?

The Dalai Lama, who just turned 90, writes in his memoir that he will reincarnate in the “free world.” But will his political, religious and...

Tibet’s Cultural Revolution

The brutality of Maoist Red Guards is well documented, but lesser known in relation to Tibet, where its spiritual damage ran deep. Few records remained...

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Book Club: Eileen Chang's Time Tunnel

Join us in September to discuss our next book club pick: "Time Tunnel," a collection of previously untranslated stories by Eileen Chang, one of the 20th century’s finest writers, 30 years after her death.

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