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China’s Regional Development and Tibet

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Rongxing Guo

    1. Regional Science Association, Peking University, Beijing, China

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  • Presents key spatial and inter-provincial issues in China

  • Discusses China’s spatial economic development and its implications for Tibet

  • Focuses on Tibet’s unique geopolitical and socioeconomic features and external and boundary conditions

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. A Brief History of Tibet

    • Rongxing Guo
    Pages 1-19

  3. Chinese-Style Development in Tibet: Narrative

    • Rongxing Guo
    Pages 21-53

  4. Tibetan Unrest and the Dalai Lama: Narrative

    • Rongxing Guo
    Pages 55-72

  5. Determinants of Spatial (Dis)Integration: Analytics

    • Rongxing Guo
    Pages 73-118

  6. Going Back to Tibet: Analytic Narrative

    • Rongxing Guo
    Pages 119-159

  7. Ethnic Autonomy and Tibet: Policy Options

    • Rongxing Guo
    Pages 161-185

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 187-195
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About this book

This book pursues both narrative and analytic approaches to better understand China’s spatial economic development and its implications for Tibet. Accordingly, this book focuses on Tibet – an autonomous region in the far west of China – as the subject of an in-depth case study, highlighting its unique geopolitical and socioeconomic features and external and boundary conditions. China’s great diversity in terms of physical geography, resource endowment, political economy, and ethnicity and religion has posed challenges to the studies of spatial and interprovincial issues. Indeed, the Chinese nation is far too huge and spatially diverse to be easily interpreted. The only feasible approach to analyzing it is, therefore, to divide it into smaller geographical elements so as to arrive at better insights into the country’s spatial mechanisms and regional characteristics.  In this context, the book combines analytic and narrative approaches.

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“This book is thus a welcome addition to the existing body of scholarly literature. It is an interesting and well-researched account on Tibet that academics, journalists, policymakers, and students will find very useful. It will also prove useful for nongovernmental organizations, particularly organizations with an interest in minority rights and protecting minority rights worldwide. … What makes the book even more interesting are the useful maps, tables, graphs, diagrams, and photographs.” (Kunal Mukherjee, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 36 (4), November, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Regional Science Association, Peking University, Beijing, China

    Rongxing Guo

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