Contents: China's Tibet Policy
	Acknowledgments	ix
	List of Tables	xiii
	Map of Tibet and Her Neighbours	xiv
	Introduction	1
	Part I Patterns of the Sino-Tibetan Past and Current Political Realities
1.	The Origins of Tribute Relations and the Buddhist Factore in Sino-Barbarian Relations	15
2.	The Warrior Kings of Tibet (642-842 AD) and Tang China (618-756 AD): Th e Strategic Factor	33
3.	The Song Dynasty (960-1126) and the Buddhist Revolution in Tibet (842-1247): A Period of Benign Neglect	39
4.	The Mongol Empire (1207-1368) and the Sakya Lamas (1244-1358): The Buddhist Factor in Operation	44
5.	The Confucian Restoration in Ming China (1368-1662) and the Refeudalization of Post-Sakya Tibet (1337-1565): The Role of Karmapa in Tibetan Politics	55
6.	The Manchu Empire )1662*1912) and the Gelugpa Hegemony (1642-1950): The Indigenous Instruments of Indirect Rule	65
7.	The Rise of the Han Nation and the End of Indirect Rule: The Consequence of Non-Change in Tibet	86
8.	The Anatomy of Tibetan Autonomy: An Agenda for the Twenty-first Century	100
	Part II China and Tibet in War and Peace
9.	The Warrior Kings of Tibet and the Tang Dynasty	125
10.	Imperial China and the Lama Rulers: Imperial Power, a Non-coercive Regime and Military Dependency	137
11.	British Interpretation of Sino-Tibetan Relationships: The Genesis of Tibetan "Autonomy" and "Chinese Suzerainty"	148
	Part III Tibet in Communist China
12.	The Problematics of the Sino-Tibetan Agreement of 1951	179
13.	The 1959 Revolt: In Defense of the Value System	210
14.	The Political Economy of Communist Rule: Strategic Developments 1951-1998	228
	Part IV Tibet in International Politics
15.	The Tibet Factor in Sino-American Relations 1948-1998: From Secret Service to Public Pressure	263
16.	The Tibet Factor in Sino-Indian Relations: The Centrality of Marginality	283
17.	Beijing, Taiwan and the Tibet Question: The Politics of Internal Differentiation	298
	Part V Tibet's Future
18.	China's Dialogue with the Dalai Lama 1979-1998	315
19.	Tibet's Possible Future Structures: The Dalai Lama's and the Dissidents' Vision of Federation	340
20.	Self-Determination in the Post-Communist Era: The Tibetan People's Case	363
	Notes	392
	Bibliography	445
	Index	462