Andrea Jasmin Reyes

ENGL 2010
4/17/17
Outline

Topic: Tibetan-Chinese conflict (1940s to present day).

Research question: What aspects of Tibetan life were most affected by the Chinese
occupation in the 20th century?

Thesis: The ongoing conflict that began between Tibet and china in the 1940s has
resulted in the repression of Tibetan religion, language, and culture, the ecological
devastation of the Tibetan plateau and the oppression and genocide of the nomadic
people.
Intro:
1) Introduce a question
a) Why does Tibet matter?
b) Why is this issue relevant?
i) Tibet brief history, geographical location, main features of Tibetan life
c) The beginning of the Tibet-China conflict
(1) Thesis
Body:
2) Religious and Cultural Subheading
a) Ray, R. (Director). (2006). 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama [Motion picture].
Monterey media.
b) Goldstein, M. C. (1998). The Dalai Lama's Dilemma. Foreign Affairs, 77(1), 83.
c) Milller, L. (2006). Contemporary Tibetan Art and Cultural Sustainability in Lhasa,
Tibet.
d) Thurman, R. A. (2011). Why the Dalai Lama matters
i) Introduction of aspects of Tibetan religion (Buddhism) dates back to ___
(1) Who is the Dalai Lama (Ray 2006) + Why the Dalai Lama matters
(2) When the Chinese invaded, what happened to the Dalai Lama?
(3) WHAT WERE THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS ON CULTURE (40s +50s)
ii) How is Tibetan culture and religion still oppressed today? (2015-2017)
(1) Language
(2) Schooling
3) Ecological Ruin Subheading
a) Howard, Roger (2010-10-01). Tension over treasure. (China's exploration of
Tibet's natural resources).
b) Lafitte, G. Spoiling Tibet: China and Resource Nationalism on the Roof of the
World. Zed Books, 2013.
 i) Rapid destruction of Tibetan nature by the Chinese government and
companies
(1) Overgrazing
(2) extinction of many species due to loss of habitat and mass hunting
(3) pollution of water
(4) deforestation
(5) Mining (Lafitte 2013)- rapid industrialization, as copper, gold, silver and
other minerals, which are abundant in Tibet are being mined in large
quantities for the first time by the Chinese government supported
companies
4) Violations of Human Rights
a) Economic impact
i) Roberts, D. (2015, December 16). Tibet Economy: Beijing Subsidies Have
Created Unhealthy Dependency.
ii) Goldstein, M. C. (1968). An Anthropological Study of the Tibetan Political
System
iii) Fischer, A. Tibet's economic growth an accounting illusion? (2015)
(1) Economy and politics devastated
(2) No jobs for Tibetans, no rights to vote, no rights to run for office
b) Genocide
i) Genocide in the 20th Century: Massacres in Tibet: 1966-76. Yeshe Choesang
(1) 1.2 million Tibetans have been murdered under the Chinese communist
regime. (cite) These 1.2 million Tibetans or one fifth of Tibets population
have been worked, starved, raped, tortured and or beaten to death.
ii) Ray, R. (Director). (2006). 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama [Motion picture].
Monterey media.
iii) Thurman, R. A. (2011). Why the Dalai Lama matters
(1) self-immolations
(2) forced sterilization
Conclusion:
5) what the future holds for Tibet
a) Kerner, O. (2010, March 10). The Future of Tibet [Web log post].
b) Misra, A. (2000) "Tibet: In Search of a Resolution."
i) TEN POINTS OF HOPE
c) Restatement of thesis- China has affected Tibetan life in all these ways
d) Tibet matters