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This book weaves together the life stories of five extraordinary
contemporary Tibetans involved in environmental protection (as well
as a host of secondary characters): Tashi Dorje, a well-known and
celebrated environmentalist; Karma Samdrup, a philanthropist,
businessman, and environmentalist; Rinchen Samdrup, Karma's
brother, another extraordinary environmentalist; Gendun, a painter,
historian, and researcher from Amdo; and Musuo, a Tibetan from the
Dechin area of northwest Yunnan who founded the Khawakarpo Culture
Society. In the politically fraught and ever-worsening situation
for Tibetans within China today, it is often said that the only
possible path for a better solution will be through a change in the
way that the majority Chinese society thinks about and understands
Tibetans, their aspirations, histories, and desires. This book
provides the first such account by drawing readers in with
beautiful narrative prose and fascinating stories, and then using
their attention to demystify Tibetans, cultivating in the reader a
sense of empathy as well as facts upon which to rebuild an
intercultural understanding. It is the first work that seriously
aims to let the Chinese public understand Tibetans as both products
of an admirable culture and as complex individuals negotiating
religious ideals, economic change, and sociopolitical constraints.
In short it opens up a whole new way of understanding Tibet.
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