Citations:Tibet

English citations of Tibet

Tibetan Plateau

• [1693, Robert Morden, “Of China”, in Geography Rectified; or a Description of the World‎^[1], 3rd edition, page 439:

  The Province of Xenſi extends to the Kingdom of Preſter John. Caſcar and Thebet, which the Chineſes in a general Name call Sifan it is a large Province, and is divided into eight Counties, having one hundred and eighty Cities: Sigan is the Metropolis of the whole, ſeated on the River Guei, in a moſt pleaſant and delightful place, of a noble Proſpect, and good Trade.]

• 1959 February 4, Peter Roberts, 0:00 from the start, in Formosa Rallies In Support Of Tibet Rebels (1959)‎^[2], British Pathé:

  A giant rally on Formosa reflects the worldwide concern for Tibet's heroic rebels. Speaking to sixty-thousand people in Taipei, President Chiang Kai-shek says Tibet's resistance foreshadows a vast anti-communist uprising on the mainland of China.

Tibetan State

• 1738, “PROVINCE XI. SE-CHWEN.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet‎^[3], volume I, London, translation of original by J. B. du Halde, →OCLC, page 111:

  SE-CHWEN is hardly inferior to any of the other Provinces, either for Extent or Plenty. It is bounded on the North by that of Shen-ſi ; on the Eaſt by Hû-quang ; on the South by Hû-quang and Yun-nan ; and on the Weſt by the Kingdom of Tibet, and certain neighbouring People.

• 1833 [1832 June], Le Mingche Tsinglae, “Ta Tsing Wan-neën Yih-tung King-wei Yu-too,—"A general geographical map, with degrees of latitude and longitude, of the Empire of the Ta Tsing Dynasty—may it last for ever."”, in The Chinese Repository‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume I, number 2, Canton, →OCLC, pages 35–36:

  The northern boundary of China is the Great Wall, by which it is separated, on that side from the desert lands of the Mongol tribes, and from the scarcely less dreary country of the Mantchous ; on the east, the gulf of Pechelee, (called in Chinese Puh-hae), the Eastern ocean, and the Formosa channel, wash the rocky coast, and receive the waters of several large rivers; on the south, the China sea is thickly studded with barren islands, the resort of desperate pirates; and on the west, several barbarous frontier tribes stand between the ancient empires of China and Tibet; while the southwestern provinces are conterminous with the foreign kingdoms of Tonquin, Cochinchina, Burmah, and the half-conquered Laos.

• 1922, Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China‎^[5], London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, →OL, page 33:

  The estimated population of the Chinese Empire (exclusive of Tibet) is given, on the basis of this census, as 329,542,000, while the population of Tibet is estimated at 1,500,000.

• 1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment‎^[6], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 179–180:

  Third, we should open up two new international broadcasting stations—Radio Free China and Radio Free Tibet— to provide these nations with independent information and commentary.[...]The people of Tibet represent a separate case. Conquered by the Chinese in 1950, occupied brutally by troops who killed thousands, desecrated local cultural and religious sites, and denied reasonable demands for autonomy, Tibetans have elicited much sympathy but little support from the outside world. The outrage over the brutal killings of peaceful demonstrators in Lhasa in March 1989 quickly faded after the massacres in Beijing in June. While there is a limit to what we can do, we should do more than we have done. In addition to raising the issue of Tibet in bilateral talks, we should establish Radio Free Tibet so that its people, though isolated, will no longer feel abandoned.

• 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life‎^[7], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 387:

  I also supported more political freedom in China, and had recently invited the Dalai Lama and Hong Kong human rights activist Martin Lee to the White House to highlight my support for the cultural and religious integrity of Tibet and for maintaining Hong Kong's democracy now that the UK had restored it to China.

• 2008, Nancy Pelosi, “A Voice That Will Be Heard”, in Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters‎^[8], Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 96–97:

  Not only did I oppose President George H.W. Bush on his China policy, I strenuously disagreed with Democratic President Bill Clinton on his trade and human rights policies toward China and Tibet as well. This was difficult because I otherwise greatly supported and admired his leadership.