A couple of new accounts add richness to the story of Tibet. Tibetans have tried their best to draw the attention of the world to their circumstance. Now, Mark O'Neill reviews 1959 Lhasa in the Asia Sentinel, about the young Dalai Lama's flight to India. And Stephan Talty's new book Escape from the Land of the Snows provides an engaging you-were-there narrative.
See also Parag Khanna's 3000 mile journey through Tibet and Xinjiang.
And in the China Gallery at EarthPhotos.com, see photos from Tibet, like the photo of the Potala, above.
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