Tibet Outside the TAR on Haidong

Marsall and Cooke’s entry on Haidong focuses on the politics of populations, discussing the relative sizes and political clout of different ethnic populations (Han, Tibetan, Hui and Tu) in Haidong. Their entry on Haidong gives a wealth of details on its population, focusing especially on the ethnic makeup of various regions in Haidong and related issues of autonomy. Their analyses rely mostly on Chinese census data but interpret them critically, including considerations of their representativeness.

This entry focuses almost exclusively on modern day secular concerns, but includes two short paragraphs addressing Haidong’s history and religious role. Their historical concerns are clearly focused on whether certain historical periods reflected Tibetan or Chinese rule of the area (1624-1625 1), while their brief mention of Buddhism is simply to list the monastic populations in the early and late twentieth century.

The end of their entry on Haidong includes a number of graphs and charts comparing the population, ethnicity, GDP, industries (primary, secondary and tertiary) and its 1990 and 1994 census data. They also include a discussion of the various industries to be found around Pingan xian, noting that while primary industries (such as mining and agriculture) comprise most of the region’s industry (at 46%) and that GDP is relatively low, the actual number of people involved in primary industries and the actual GDP are likely higher, since natural resources are state property and thus do not appear on balance sheets (1624 2). Other than the census data, they include a number of census-related sources. Researchers interested in tracking down multiple independent sources listing Haidong’s statistics may benefit from perusing the sources mentioned in the footnotes. Further information on specific regions within Haidong follows their more general introduction.

  • 1. Marshall, Steven D., and Susan Ternent Cooke. Tibet Outisde the TAR. Washington, D.C.: The Alliance for Research in Tibet, 1997.
  • 2. Marshall, Steven D., and Susan Ternent Cooke. Tibet Outisde the TAR. Washington, D.C.: The Alliance for Research in Tibet, 1997.
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Tibet Outside the TAR on Haidong

Fading Memories, Faded Lives: Mongghul (Tu) Photographs from Qinghai China

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Limusishiden, Jugui, Kelly Ward, and CK Stuart. 2014. Fading Memories, Faded Lives: Mongghul (Tu) Photographs from Qinghai China. Asian Highlands Perspectives 34.This collection of 131 photos features four introductions that discuss the development of commercial photography in the Huzhu area of Qinghai Province, China; details of photo collection; the social place of photographs within traditional socio-religious cultures; and how photographs are displayed within the home. For each photo there is commentary describing the when and where of their production and the people in each image. Biographic details include ethnicity, language abilities, family ties, educational background, garb and, at times, medical history.
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