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I finally managed to convince my lib friend to accept that he may be wrong about tibet (he thinks that the chinese settler colonised tibet), and that I should give him some sources for reading and for him to make up his mind.

However, I don't really know where to start in finding good quality sources that he will trust (he is very distrustful of Chinese sources). Does anybody know any good sources I can use? Our argument revolves around 2 main points

  1. China did not conduct a genocide in tibet
  2. Tibet was a feudal theocratic society before its liberation.

Much appreciated.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Seconding this, anyone defending the monks is in for a real uncomfortable read with this one

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

ProleWiki page on Tibet had some good references. Perhaps these have some primary sources you can highlight as well that aren’t Chinese.

https://redsails.org/friendly-feudalism/

https://www.liberationschool.org/08-04-01-china-tibet-ussponsored-coun-html/

https://www.workers.org/2023/04/70505/

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I just read this because of this post. Plenty of good sources here, western sources including internal CIA documents and communications.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/strong-anna-louise/1959/tibet/index.htm

From an American journalist who are multiple trips to China during the middle of the 20th century. Was originally published as a book; bonus points if you can snag a copy of that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Highly recommend When Serfs Stood up in Tibet by Anna Louise Strong

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/strong-anna-louise/1959/tibet/index.htm