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Ecological and Environmental Security along the Qinghai- Tibet Railway
The construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was a significant event in China and also for the world. The unique and fragile natural environment of the plateau raised a series of complications during the construction, including the frozen soil, the protection of the ecoenvironment and the effectiveness of economic advancement along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. From 2001 to 2006, Chinese scientists, supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology,     

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Tibetan Race and Eastern Tibet CivilizationAuthored by Shi Shu, the book probes into the source of Tibetan race and its relations with the ancient civilization in the Henduan mountainous area in eastern Tibet.The book is divided into six chapters. The first chapter is devoted to ancient civilization of eastern Tibet; the second chapter to the source of the Tibetan race plus related stories; the third chapter to the source and ties between Mo tribe and tribes in the Henduan mountainous area; the fifth chapter to Yi people in the Henduan mountainous area in ancient time; and the sixth chapter to concluding remarks.The 32-mo book, running to 235,000 words, has been published by the Sichuan People's Publishing House and is priced at 32 Yuan per copy.     

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Record of AmericanPolicy on TibetThis is one of the series books titledSeries Books on Modern History of Tibetwith Zhou Yuan as their chief editor.Authored by Zhang Zhirong and WeiYunpeng, both members of the Tibetanstudies group of Peking Univeristy, thisone contains research fruit they gainedover the past years. It records, in a sys-tematic way, American policy on Tibet. Ittells why the anti-China forces in the Westleft no stone unturned to split China andrumors they spread for the …     

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My Stories in Tibet Liao Dongfan,author and renowned scholar in Tibetan studies (being particularly well- versed in Tibetan folklore and popular culture) headed to Tibet and began his career there after graduating from the Chinese Literature Department of Peking University in 1961.In his 24 years of work on the plateau he devoted his time to studying the popular culture and folklore of Tibetans.     

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Studies of Historical Archives Written in Tibetan The historical archives in Tibetan language,particularly historical records, have a long history and are abundant.In accordance with the method of recording, the form of an archive varies in its use of characters,illustrations,language,and the art of engraving.By focusing on historical archives in Tibetan,Hua Lin(the author)     

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Dictionary of Common Tibetan Personal and Place Names As editors-in-chief of this dictionary, Cheng Guansheng and An Caidan systematically provides readers the translated names of Tibetan people and places in Tibetan inhabited areas from Chinese into English.Having selected totally 10470 names of people and places, the dictionary also has attached an index     

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<正>Nature and Eco-system of Tibet As the chief editor,Liu Wulin gives readers a comprehensive picture of the status quo of the eco-system of Tibet. The book shows readers the biodiversity, the splendid landscape of the plateau and in particular the capacity of various entities involved in building, maintaining,and expanding the eco-     

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Study of Tibetan Language PhoneticsAuthored by Jiang De, this book, the first of its kind ever published in China, comes of six chapters. They are respectively on methods resorted to study phonetics of Tibetan language, distribution of people of the Tibetan ethnic group in history, phonetic system of the Tibetan language, evolution of Tibetan letters, and pronunciation.When writing the book the author took into whole consideration of different dialects prevalent outside Tibet,     

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Tibetan Thangka Calligraphy Compendium Lead by editor-in-chief Lhogya, this book was edited cooperatively by the members of the Consultative Board of the Tibetan Gakyi Ling Construction Co.,Ltd.It provides readers with a comprehensive case that the ancestors of modern Tibet-ans developed their written lan-guage as early as 4,000 years ago. The actual written characters were called"Dasi characters".Possibly in 1000 years later,the founder of Bon religion,Tonpa Shenrab,further developed the Dasi characters...     

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A General Depiction of Local History of Tibet,ChrostomathyaboutTibet,The Records of Lhasa City,Picture Depiction of Lhasa,The Present and Past Days of Tibet （A Combinod Chinose and Enulish Version）.     

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English-Tibetan-Chinese Trilingual Dictionary In cooperation with Lhagapa Tsering,Tashi Tsering has compiled a self-fundedEnglish-TibetanChinese TrilingualDictionary, forabout 500thousandYuan.The dictionary includes 15,327 words and common phrases,which are given concise explanations and abundant examples.These are oftan closely related to the social, cultural,historical and daily lives of native speakers.The dictionary has actually been re-edited,