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Blessings from Beijing - Inside China's Soft-Power War on Tibet by Greg Bruno

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As we approach the sixtieth anniversary of China's 1959 invasion of Tibet - and the subsequent creation of the Tibetan exile community - the question of the diaspora's survival looms large. Beijing's foreign policy has grown more adventurous, particularly since the post-Olympic expansion of 2008. As the pressure mounts, Tibetan refugee families that have made their homes outside China - in the mountains of Nepal, the jungles of India, or the cold concrete houses high above the Dalai Lama's monastery in Dharamsala - are migrating once again. Blessings from Beijing untangles the chains that tie Tibetans to China and examines the political, social, and economic pressures that are threatening to destroy Tibet's refugee communities. Journalist Greg Bruno has spent nearly two decades living and working in Tibetan areas. Bruno journeys to the front lines of this fight: to the high Himalayas of Nepal, where Chinese agents pay off Nepali villagers to inform on Tibetan asylum seekers; to the monasteries of southern India, where pro-China monks wish the Dalai Lama dead; to Asia's meditation caves, where lost souls ponder the fine line between love and war; and to the streets of New York City, where the next generation of refugees strategizes about how to survive China's relentless assault. But Bruno's reporting does not stop at well-worn tales of Chinese meddling and political intervention. It goes beyond them-and within them - to explore how China's strategy is changing the Tibetan exile community forever.

About the Author
GREG C. BRUNO is a journalist and editor whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Foreign Affairs, the Guardian, Forbes, and other international print and media outlets. A native of Vermont, Bruno has spent many years living in and writing about China, Tibet, and the Tibetan exile community. Bruno was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, where his work on US-Pakistani relations earned him top honors from the Overseas Press Club and an Emmy nomination from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He holds a degree in the comparative anthropology of China from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and is currently an associate editor at Project Syndicate.

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Blessings from Beijing, a combination of fine travel writing and great reporting, expresses both fear and hope... essential reading for its digging deep into the strengths and weaknesses of the exile Tibetans. * Hundustan Times *



Book Information
ISBN 9781611689785
Author Greg C. Bruno
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint ForeEdge
Publisher University Press of New England

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