China in turmoil
Subtitle: studies in personality
By: by Louis Magrath King.
Publisher: Heath, Cranton limited
Published: 1927
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: National characteristics, Chinese; China -- Politics and government
Description: Account by the British Consular Officer in Tatsienlu (Ch. Kangding, Tib. Dar-rtse-mdo), a city on the Sino-Tibetan fronteir; discusses demographics and local history among people in Eastern Tibet and the Chinese border regions, e.g. the King of Chala, the Magistrate of Nyarong, a Frontier Incident and the role of the Kalon Lama (Tib. bka' blon la ma), the Governor General of Kham (Tib. Khams), the Chinese Magistrate of Tatsienlu, the Chung Ying expedition to Lhasa in 1909, etc.
Notes: Maps on lining-papers.