This column features a study of population development and relevant issues in Tibet Autonomous Region and a general survey of the Tibetan population throughout China. It is an important monograph to analyze, with abundant data and an attitude of seeking-truth-from-facts, the past, present and future of the population in Tibet as well as the Tibetan population in other parts of China in the fields of the ethnic composition, population distribution, marriage, fertility, mortality, average life expectancy, quality of life, and socioeconomic development. In addition, several feasible proposals are made regarding the situation in the region and that of the Tibetan people in the country as a whole.

This column is based on book Population Development in Tibet and Related Issues (1997). We are very grateful to professor Zhang Tianlu, whose strenuous work present us a systematic and substantial view of the population development in Tibet and related issues.

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