Tears of Blood: A Cry for Tibet

by Mary Craig (Author), HisHighnessTheDalaiLama (Foreword), Mary Craig (Author), Mary Craig (Author), His Highness The Dalai Lama (Foreword)

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  Hardcover
  1992

  $4.20

  The Chinese Communists invaded Tibet - a country the size of Western Europe - in 1950, in order, they said, to liberate it. They claimed that Tibet was an integral part of China and, although the claim was untrue, the rest of the world showed little concern. It is claimed that, within 20 years, over a million Tibetans had been killed by execution, torture, long imprisonment, starvation or sickness, not to mention the countless suicides. Tibetan treasures and natural resources were pillaged and the Buddhist religion was banned. Only 12 monasteries were left of the original 24,000. In recent years a systematic Sinocization of the country has taken place, the natives have been reduced to a slave-like status, and brutality and China's final solution continue. Based on research and interviews with many exiled Tibetans, and containing first-hand accounts by survivors of Chinese brutality, this book tells the story of modern Tibet. The author's previous publications include biographies of Pope John Paul II and Lord Longford.

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  Paperback
  1993

  $3.25

  The Chinese Communists invaded Tibet - a country the size of Western Europe - in 1950 in order, they said, to liberate it. They claimed that Tibet was an integral part of China, and though the claim was untrue the rest of the world didn't care very much. Within 20 years, over a million Tibetans had been killed, by execution, torture, long imprisonment, starvation and sickness - to say nothing of the countless suicides. Tibetan treasures and natural resources were mercilessly pillaged and the Buddhist religion was banned. Only 12 monasteries were left out of an original 24,000. In recent years a systematic Sinocisation of the country has taken place. The natives have been reduced to a slave-like status. Appalling brutality continues, and China's Final Solution proceeds unimpeded. Mary Craig's book tells the story of modern Tibet, based on interviews with many exiled Tibetans and in-depth research.