What the critics say

Chen Jiangong (vice-chairman, Chinese Writers Association)

Through introducing Tibet's history, religion, arts and culture, customs and social life, A Reader on Tibet has opened a window for Chinese and overseas readers to understand Tibet, to enter and love this land of China.

Bao Mingde (Party secretary, Institute of Literature in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

Su's book offers an outstanding model for us to realistically understand Tibet. It is instrumental in correcting and dispersing the ignorance, bias, mistakes and lies in Western discourse.

Xu Bailin (China Film Association)

The book is more than a textbook. It is a work with correct historical view, profound thoughts and powerful poetic expressions. The combination of historian, writer, philosopher and poet forms Su Shuyang's unique style.

Di Dongsheng (professor, Renmin University of China)

The book perfectly combines the perceptive centered on Tibet with the fact that Tibet is part of Chinese civilization. It will attract mainstream readers in China and abroad.

Li Chaoquan (researcher, Chinese Writers Association)

Su Shuyang's A Reader on China and A Reader on Tibet have become a new cultural phenomenon. It is a worthy topic to study how to establish a positive image of China in the world through literature.

China Daily

(China Daily 03/09/2009 page8)