Tenzin dorjee biography of michael

  • Dorjee was born and raised in India, where his parents had fled after the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950.
  • PhD student in the political science department at Columbia University, working in the international relations and comparative politics subfields.
  • Dasho Tenzin Dorji wrote about a dozen books on Bhutanese history and culture, and was the primary source of information for Michael Aris' works.

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    [Joint House and Senate Hearing, 115 Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] TIBET ``FROM ALL ANGLES'': PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS, DEFENDING STRATEGIC ACCESS, AND CHALLENGING CHINA'S EXPORT OF CENSORSHIP GLOBALLY ======================================================================= HEARING BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION __________ FEBRUARY 14, 2018 __________ Printed for the use of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China [GRAPHIC NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT] Available at www.cecc.gov or www.govinfo.gov __________ U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 30-232 PDF WASHINGTON : 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office, http://bookstore.gpo.gov. For more information, contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Publishing Office. Phone 202-512-1800, or 866-512-18

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    Small Acts of Resistance

    In April 2007, Tenzin Dorjee ’03 and four friends hiked to the Mount Everest base camp in Tibet. Like the serious climbers around them, they were about to embark on a risky mission. But instead of scaling the world’s tallest peak, the group planned to provoke the Chinese government bygd calling for Tibetan independence.

    Dorjee, whose parents are from Tibet, and his four companions, all Americans, unfurled a banner that said "One World. One Dream. Free Tibet 2008," a reference to the official "One World. One Dream" slogan of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The protest was streamed online.

    Courtesy Tenzin Dorjee

    Chinese authorities reacted swiftly. The activists were detained within 20 minutes, Dorjee says, then jailed for three days, deprived of sleep, and continuously interrogated. The government forced them to sign an apology for the stunt, then expelled them from the country.

    “The news was made, and the whole world was watching,” says Dorjee,

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    Dasho Tenzin Dorji, the recipient of Druk Thuksey medal and one of Bhutan’s foremost historians, passed away at his residence in Thimphu yesterday.

    He was 85 years old.

    Dasho Tenzin Dorji wrote about a dozen books on Bhutanese history and culture, and was the primary source of information for Michael Aris’ works.

    His most famous work was Gyalwai Jungrab Selwai Droenme- a comprehensive history of eastern Bhutan.

    Joining the civil service as a clerk in Trashigang Dzong, he rose to the rank of Nyerchhen and Dzongda.

    After Dasho was transferred to Thimphu, he served as Tshigong and then as the Auditor General of Bhutan. He retired as the Chairman of the Antiques Department, a forerunner of the Special Commission for Cultural Affairs, in 1986.

    He received the Red Scarf from the Third Druk gyalpo, and the Druk Thuksey in 1974 from the Fourth Druk Gyalpo.

    Dasho Tenzin Dorji was also famed for his works on Bhutanese astrology.