Chih-Yu Shih teaches at National Taiwan University and is author of Civilization, Nation and Modernity in East Asia (Routledge, 2012); Autonomy, Ethnicity and Poverty in Southwestern China (Palgrave, 2007); Negotiating Ethnicity in China: Citizenship as a Response to the State (Routledge, 2002).Yu-Wen Chen teaches at the University College Cork and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Human Security at La Trobe University.

• Section 1: Introduction 1. The tale of a (un-)contested people: the many faces of Tibetans and Tibetan studies Section 2: The "what" and "why" of Tibetan Studies 2. Tibet studies 3. Tibetology in contemporary China: current situation and characteristics 4. Tibet studies in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore Section 3: The Tibet question 5. Tibet as a factor impacting China studies in India 6. India, China and Tibet: fundamental perceptions from Dharamsala, Beijing and New Delhi 7. A ‘realist’ hypocrisy? Scripting sovereignty in Sino–Tibetan relations and the changing posture of Britain and the United States 8. The Tibet question through the looking glass of Taiwan: comparative dynamics and sobering lessons Section 4: Tibetans outside Tibet 9. China’s many Tibets: Diqing as a model for ‘development with Tibetan characteristics?’ 10. Dispersal to Asia, Europe, Australasia 11. When ‘exile’ becomes sedentary: on the quotidian experiences of ‘India-born’ Tibetans in Dharamsala, north India

Chih-Yu Shih teaches at National Taiwan University and is author of Civilization, Nation and Modernity in East Asia (Routledge, 2012); Autonomy, Ethnicity and Poverty in Southwestern China (Palgrave, 2007); Negotiating Ethnicity in China: Citizenship as a Response to the State (Routledge, 2002).Yu-Wen Chen teaches at the University College Cork and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Human Security at La Trobe University.

• Section 1: Introduction 1. The tale of a (un-)contested people: the many faces of Tibetans and Tibetan studies Section 2: The "what" and "why" of Tibetan Studies 2. Tibet studies 3. Tibetology in contemporary China: current situation and characteristics 4. Tibet studies in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore Section 3: The Tibet question 5. Tibet as a factor impacting China studies in India 6. India, China and Tibet: fundamental perceptions from Dharamsala, Beijing and New Delhi 7. A ‘realist’ hypocrisy? Scripting sovereignty in Sino–Tibetan relations and the changing posture of Britain and the United States 8. The Tibet question through the looking glass of Taiwan: comparative dynamics and sobering lessons Section 4: Tibetans outside Tibet 9. China’s many Tibets: Diqing as a model for ‘development with Tibetan characteristics?’ 10. Dispersal to Asia, Europe, Australasia 11. When ‘exile’ becomes sedentary: on the quotidian experiences of ‘India-born’ Tibetans in Dharamsala, north India

Chih-Yu Shih teaches at National Taiwan University and is author of Civilization, Nation and Modernity in East Asia (Routledge, 2012); Autonomy, Ethnicity and Poverty in Southwestern China (Palgrave, 2007); Negotiating Ethnicity in China: Citizenship as a Response to the State (Routledge, 2002).Yu-Wen Chen teaches at the University College Cork and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Human Security at La Trobe University.

• Section 1: Introduction 1. The tale of a (un-)contested people: the many faces of Tibetans and Tibetan studies Section 2: The "what" and "why" of Tibetan Studies 2. Tibet studies 3. Tibetology in contemporary China: current situation and characteristics 4. Tibet studies in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore Section 3: The Tibet question 5. Tibet as a factor impacting China studies in India 6. India, China and Tibet: fundamental perceptions from Dharamsala, Beijing and New Delhi 7. A ‘realist’ hypocrisy? Scripting sovereignty in Sino–Tibetan relations and the changing posture of Britain and the United States 8. The Tibet question through the looking glass of Taiwan: comparative dynamics and sobering lessons Section 4: Tibetans outside Tibet 9. China’s many Tibets: Diqing as a model for ‘development with Tibetan characteristics?’ 10. Dispersal to Asia, Europe, Australasia 11. When ‘exile’ becomes sedentary: on the quotidian experiences of ‘India-born’ Tibetans in Dharamsala, north India