Orient Hada - A Panoramic Record of China's Qinghai-Tibet Railway

Author: Xu Jian
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Publish Date: 2006-03-30
Features: A millennium-long dream has finally been realized at the zero kilometer mark of the 21st century, forging a heroic epic of Geshar-like proportions that traverses the Roof of the World. This book is a comprehensive report on the history of the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, written by a military writer after three years of immersion 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 enters Tibet, covering eleven stations, detailing the decision-making processes of Sun Yat-sen, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Zemin in the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the challenges faced during its 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.