Miscellaneous Remarks on the Lineage of Byang La-Stod

In 1974 Tibetan savant Rtsis--dpon Zhwa -- sgab -- pa Dbang--phyug bde--ldan published acollection of historical works selected from his private holding. One of the texts made available as aresult is a short account of the Byang La--stod area in Central Tibet, the Sde--pa G. yas--ro Byang--pa’ i rgyag--rabs rin -- po -- che bstar ba(hereafter Byang -- pa’ i rgyal -- rabs; it is comprised oftwenty--two folia of which six [ff. 16v -- 21v; the colophon is on ff. 21v--22r] deal with the ab-

中国处理西藏问题更加自信

北京奥运会的成功举办，金融危机中西方大国对中国的期待，2008年11月中欧、中法峰会的取消，显示了中国处理国际事务的信心大增，更加从容应对西方的指责，在解决西藏问题上更加自信。达赖喇嘛特使与北京中央政府八轮谈判无功而返，使得流亡政府可以选择的目标空间已经非常有限，西藏流亡政府被迫放弃独立主张，转而谋求高度自治。