(en) John Powers, History as propaganda: Tibetan exiles versus the People's Republic of China, Oxford University Press, 2004, 224 p. (version électronique Google) : « Tibetan sources criticize particular aspects of the Chinese historical narrative, and several take issue with A. Tom Grunfeld's The Making of Modern Tibet. These attacks reject many of Grunfeld's conclusions, commonly impugn his integrity, and also deny his authority to write about Tibet by labelling him a "sinologist" who does not read Tibetan and so has no standing to write about Tibetan history. »
(en) Victor & Victoria Trimondi, The Shadow of the Dalai Lama, Part II – 4. Social Reality in Ancient Tibet : « One can safely assume that official statements from Dharamsala will defame as communist propaganda every historical analysis of Tibet which strives for neutrality. To give a further example, we quote their reaction to A. Tom Grunfeld‘s well-researched book, The Making of Modern Tibet. "This book", a review in the Tibetan Review says, "can only be considered a sophisticated presentation of Peking’s version of events. Although a lot of material is included in the book which is often overlooked by pro-Tibetan, and the author has evidently made an attempt to be impartial [!], his Sinocentric and Marxist [views] seem to be so extreme that he is quite unable to master them" (Tibetan Review, July 1989, p. 13) ».
Il est présenté comme tel sur le site Dreams of Tibet, auquel il a donné une interview : « among the minority of Tibetan exiles who are for total independence ».
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(en) Tibet - Mongolia Treaty of 1913, a proof of Tibet’s independence : « Tom Grunfeld described it with the adjective “alleged.” In the 1987 edition of his book on modern Tibet he said of the treaty that “It appears to be a classic case of ‘disinformation’ on the part of Russian colonial officials in Mongolia.” He omitted this evaluation from the 1996 edition. »
