The Historical Evolution of American Policy Toward Tibet

• 来源期刊: 中国西藏：英文版
• 学科: 政治法律
• 年，卷（期）: 2002,（6）
• 页码范围: 35-42
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: D67

摘要

Tibet is well known around the world today. The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is one of China’s five ethnic minorities’ autonomous regions. However, to some in the West, Tibet’s political position seems open to dispute.It is obviously that no one can reach a proper understanding of this issue without consulting history. In ancient times, Tibet was a vague geographical concept to Western world, but it did witness competition between the great powers in modern times. Originally the so-called "Great Game" brought Russian and British monk-spies and, eventually, the British Indian army, into Lhasa. Then, during World War II, the US established the famous air transport