Historical background on Tibet. A brief history of Tibet / Alex McKay ; Tibet has a long and complex history with China / Encyclopedia of modern China ; The seventeen-point agreement between China and Tibet / Government of China ; Tibet uprising and resistance / James Steinberg ; Tibetan resistance fighters receive training and aid from the United States / Carole McGranahan ; A United Nations committee reports that China has committed acts of genocide in Tibet / International Commission of Jurists ; Tibet's leader, the Dalai Lama, explains his exile / The Dalai Lama ; The opening of a railway line to Tibet's capital spurs protests / Jehangir S. Pocha ; Tibetans stage protests in the months before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing / USA Today ; China: Tibetan monasteries placed under direct rule / Human Rights Watch ; The Tibetan government-in-exile marks a sad anniversary / Tibetan Parliament in Exile

Controversies surrounding Tibet. Tibetan dissident to accuse Chinese of torture and genocide / Clifford Coonan ; In Tibet, defiant self-immolations spread beyond monks, nuns / Robert Marquand ; China's 100 million religious believers must banish their "superstitions," says official / Ben Blanchard ; Written statement submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council / Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l'Amitié entre les Peuples (MRAP) ; Hollywood celebrates the year of Tibet / Tim Cornwell ; Some Tibetans object to Hollywood views of their culture / Barbara Stewart ; Tibet's culture itself offers examples of persecution and oppression / Sorrel Neuss

Personal narratives. Growing up in Tibet's years of crisis / Jetsun Pema with Gilles van Grasdorff ; Years in a prison camp / Adhe Tapontsang ; A Chinese man challenges his own understanding of history and geography / Harry Wu ; An American doctor tells of atrocities in Tibet / Blake Kerr.