This book offers a reinterpretation of the early encounters between the new Chinese Communist government, the Tibetan authorities, and the Tibetan population, as well as the gradual introduction of Leninist ideology on the Tibetan Plateau between 1949 and 1951--a decisive period for understanding the modern Tibetan question.

Drawing primarily on official and internal sources published or preserved in the People's Republic of China, most of them previously unused in academic research, this study sheds new light on the complex political dynamics and ideological transformations that shaped Tibet's integration into the PRC.

The Tibetan Policy of the PRC Government from 1949 to 1951: A Reinterpretation Based on Newly Released Chinese Sources, Alex Raymond, Brill, Hardcover, 432 Pages, $129.00

Alex Raymond, Ph.D. (EHESS, Paris, 2017), is Associate Researcher at CECMC and CESPRA, Paris. He has published extensively on the PRC's Tibet policies in the 1950s, including Mao, the CCP, and the Tibetan Question in 1949-1950 (Brill, 2020) and "Regarding Mao's Alleged Speech about the Dalai Lama in 1956" (The China Quarterly, 2024).