Contents The Historical Status of China in Tibet 1 A Debacle of Secret Diplomacy 17 The Genesis of Chinese Suzerainty and Tibetan Autonomy 51 Democracy Tibetan Independence and Protest under Chinese Rule 101 Traditional Tibetan Polity and its potential for Modernization 127 British Penetration of Intransigent Tibet 141 The Language of Inequality 155 Some Formal Problems of Negotiations and Results of the Simla Conference 167 Remarks on the manipulation of power and authority in the high Himalaya 239 Some Observations on the Draft Constitution of Tibet 259 The Influence of Religion on Tibetan Politics 273 Ministers of the Tibetan Kingdom 285 1948 Tibetan Trade Mission to United Kingdom 311 Tibet and The League of Nations with reference to letters found in The India Office Library under Sir Charles Bells Collections 333 The 1901 Proclamation of HH Dalai Lama XIII 347 Acknowledgements 356 Beginning at the 20th Century 175 After the Fall of Chamdo 189 Bibliography 357 Copyright