Human Rights Issues In Tibet And The Evolution Of The U.s. Human Rights Diplomacy With China (1959 ~ 2000)

"Tibet Human Rights Problem" has been one of the sensitive and important issues in U.S.-Sino relationship for many years. U.S. put forward it after the armed rebellion of Tibetan having been put down by the Chinese government in 1959. U.S. manipulated the UN General Assembly to pass three resolutions in 1959, 1961 and 1965, since then "Tibet Human Rights Problem" entered into the international stage.During the 1970's, U.S. had loosened the control of some problems between China and America in order to antagonize the Soviet Union. When the moderating the contradictory between U.S. and the Soviet Union and president Jimmy Carter practiced "Human Rights Diplomacy" in 1980's, "Tibet Problem" began to overlap with "Human Rights Issue". With the end of the Cold War, both Tibet separatists and Anti-China groups in U.S. criticized that Chinese government has abused "Tibetan Human Rights" and requested for the right of "Tibetan self-determination "so as to realize the Independence of Tibet. "Tibet Human Rights problem" in U.S.-Sino relationship has been alive for a long time because anti-China groups wanted to use it as a tool to constrain China and they have different ideology with China.Based on American declassified documents and archives, the dissertation tries to open out the panorama of U.S. "Human Rights Diplomacy" by looking into the history of "Tibet Human Rights" in the 20th century.This dissertation is divided into four parts as follows:Section One narrates the origin of the "Tibet Human Rights Problem" including the Tibetan Rebellion in 1959, the resolutions of "Tibet Issue" which was passed in UN Assembly and then the "Tibet Issue" was laid aside with the détente between China and America during 1970's. Section Two: "Tibet Human Rights Problem" emerged again and the U.S. government put human rights diplomacy in practice toward China. The contents Include the changing of the international situation and the American foreign policy to China, the influence of Lhasa riot, America began to pay more attention to China on the so-called "Human Rights Problem", The conflict in the 48th General Assembly between U.S.-Sino.Section Three appraises "Tibet Human Rights Problem" and what kind of role it has played in China-American relationship in different time. This part also discloses the reasons that American public paid so much attention on "Tibet Human Rights".Section Four is the conclusion part. We should estimate "Tibet Human Rights Problem" impersonly and calmly when it is involved in U.S.-Sino relationship, make fit policy on Tibet, and we have to keep alert to the conspiracy of Tibetan separatists.