Tibet: A Gaze of Seven Years is a book that is at once informative, entertaining, thought-provoking and superbly artistic, describing the author's seven years of life and work in Tibet, while reflecting upon the past, present and future of this remote land. In the author's words, "the issue of Tibet today is no longer one of a people, but one of politics. In this new era, any solution to issues of politics requires a new vision, new set of values and new methodology". While most discussions about Tibet in our world today are held within powerful ideological contexts, the author considers the writing of this book as simply the "realization of a dream".

Duan Jianhua was born in Kunming City in southwestern China. As a child, he suffered a lack of education due to the Cultural Revolution. However, he was able to enter the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in 1979 and graduated with a law degree in 1983. After that, he volunteered to live and work in Tibet, serving as a judge in the Tibetan High Court. ... More