Governor of Golok, Dhargye, and his Petition to Xi Jinping on the Causes of Instability in Tibet

Kunleng discusses the book Factors of Instability in Tibet, written by Dhargye, former Governor of Golog Prefecture in Qinghai, which includes his 2008 petition to Xi Jinping disclaiming the prevailing view in China that the Dalai Lama was the cause for instability in Tibet, and asserting that the real reasons lay in China’s policy of suppressing Tibetan culture.