V. Statement of Mr. Reed Brody

An important new study by a leading Tibetan scholar of the historical Sino-Tibetan relationship - traditionally two rival and interlocked states.

The New York Times is considered to be a representative example of foreign media by Chinese people. Based on a theory of a hierarchy of influences on media content, and examining the issue and the framing of media reports as quantitative and qualitative indicators respectively, this book tackles the case study of the reports on Tibet published from 1980 to 2010 in The New York Times. It analyses possible influences on these reports, based on the features of issue development and framing tendencies embodied in them; unearths and summarizes the problems faced by China over the international discourse regarding Tibet; and proposes ways to improve intercultural communication and understanding. Huang Min is a Research Fellow of the Research Centre for Discourse and Communication, and Chair Professor of the 'Qianjiang Scholars Programme' of Zhejiang provincial government, Zhejiang University of Media and Communications, China. She obtained her PhD at Fudan University, and worked at East China Normal University until 2014. She carried out her post-doctoral studies at the Department of Chinese Studies of the National University of Singapore, and completed an exchange program at the Department of Linguistics of Lancaster University in the UK. Her research focuses on mass media discourse analysis. She has published three monographs and over 30 papers in many prestigious Chinese journals, including Journalism & Communication, Journalism Quarterly, and Studies in Language and Linguistics. She has participated in many research projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, the Ministry of Education, and the Municipality of Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Project, Zhejiang Province Philosophy and Social Science Project, and Zhejiang Province Project for Humanities and Social Sciences in Colleges and Universities.

A deep dive into understanding India-China relations Why did India and China go to war in 1962? What propelled Jawaharlal Nehru's 'vision' of China? Why is it necessary to understand the trans-Himalayan power play of India and China in the formative period of their nationhoods? The past shadows the present in this relationship and shapes current policy options, strongly influencing public debate in India to this day. Nirupama Rao, a former Foreign Secretary of India, unknots this intensely complex saga of the early years of the India-China relationship. As a diplomat-practitioner, Rao's telling is based not only on archival material from India, China, Britain and the United States, but also on a deep personal knowledge of China, where she served as India's Ambassador. In addition, she brings a practitioner's keen eye to the labyrinth of negotiations and official interactions that took place between the two countries from 1949 to 1962. The Fractured Himalaya looks at the inflection points when the trajectory of diplomacy between these two nations could have course-corrected but did not. Importantly, it dwells on the strategic dilemma posed by Tibet in relations between India and China-a dilemma that is far from being resolved. The question of Tibet is closely interwoven into the fabric of this history. It also turns the searchlight on the key personalities involved-Jawaharlal Nehru, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and the 14th Dalai Lama-and their interactions as the tournament of those years was played out, moving step by closer step to the conflict of 1962.

This book is about how China strives to rebuild its soft power through communication. It recounts China's efforts by examining a set of public diplomacy tactics and programs in its pursuit of a 'new' and 'improved' global image. These case studies invites the reader to a more expansive discussion on the instruments of soft power.

An account of Tibet and the Tibetan people that emphasises the political history of the 20th century. This book attempts to reach beyond the polemics by considering the various historical arguments, using archival material from several nations and drawing conclusions focused on available documents.