ISBN:
9781908647474
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (248 p)
Series Statement:
From Inside China (I)
Parallel Title:
Print version Wenjuan, Du Tales from Tibet
DDC:
398.20951500000001
Keywords:
Tales--China--Tibet Autonomous Region
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
High in the Tibetan Himalayas, at an altitude of nearly three and a half thousand kilometers it takes several more days from Lhasa to ascend the final thousand kilometers to reach the Ngari Plateau, the "Roof of the World". Life in Ngari is difficult for all. Babies suffocate in the womb, plants do not grow. Vegetables are aluxury and soldiers feel blessed if they see their wives once in a year. Many die due to a lack of oxygen, and others battle avalanches, blizzards, mudslides, altitude sickness and diseases only to die when a car flips over on the perilous China National Highway 219. In Nga
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