Dongfang Hada - A Comprehensive Record of China's Qinghai-Tibet Railway (A Comprehensive Record of China's Qinghai-Tibet Railway)

Author: Xu Jian
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: A millennium-old dream has finally been realized at the zero kilometer mark of the 21st century as a heroic epic of Geshar Wang-like heroes crossing the Roof of the World. This book is a complete report on the history of the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, written by a military writer after three years of research in Tibet. The author adopts an alternating narrative structure of "upbound trains" and "downbound trains," weaving history and reality together. The "upbound train" begins with the author holding a platform ticket and entering Tibet, experiencing eleven stations, and narrating the decision-making details of Sun Yat-sen, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Zemin in the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the difficulties encountered during the construction, and the little-known stories of the builders. The "downbound train," structured around railway switches, tells a segment of history related to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway for each switch.