Editor Clare Hanrahan has compiled a sequence of thoughtful, sensitive essays that provide readers with a balanced examination of the issues surrounding Tibet. In the first chapter, readers will evaluate debating essays on who should rule Tibet. Readers then examine whether Tibet's culture and diversity will survive under Chinese rule. The next section of essays debates whether the Tibetan people have benefited from the Chinese central government. Lastly, readers will understand the major threats to the survival of Tibet's natural environment.