Memories of Life in Lhasa Under Chinese Rule Book

Translator's Introduction     vii
Preface     xix
The Story of My Family     1
My Childhood     9
The March 10th Uprising     24
The Chinese Fan the Flames of War     34
Imprisoned at the Tibet Military District Headquarters     40
Imprisoned at the Norbu Lingka Barracks     54
At the Nga-chen Power Station Construction Site     57
In Tering Prison     72
In Drapchi Prison     90
The Trong-nying Prison Farm     119
Back Home from Prison     137
The Agitation by the Muslims of Woba-ling     149
The Fall of the Panchen Lama     152
The Misuse of Education     157
The Establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region     160
The Onset of the Cultural Revolution     167
The June 7th Massacre     191
A Disastrous New Year     201
Old Tsampa in Old Meru     208
The Sino-Soviet War Brings Increased Oppression     211
The "One Smash and Three Antis" Campaign     214
The "Great Massacre"     219
PLA Soldiers Destroy the Fruits of the People's Labor in the Marshes     225
The Systematic Destruction of GandenMonastery     235
Sent to Kongpo for the Second Time     240
The Xichao Dachang Timber Yard     244
The Tolung Power Station Construction Camp     247
The Lin Biao Affair     251
The Defamation Campaign     254
"Socialist Transformation"     257
The Banak-shol Production Cooperative     262
The Farmer's Life     267
The Death of Mao Zedong and Subsequent Developments     273
The Rewards of My Hard Work     280
Working in the Potala Palace     283
At the Tibet Academy of Social Science     292
Epilogue: Leaving Tibet     295
Index     299