In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila -- a place that previously had existed only in fiction -- had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. Since then, Sino-Tibetan borderlands in Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, and the Tibet Autonomous Region have been the sites of numerous state projects of tourism development and nature conservation, which have in turn attracted throngs of backpackers, environmentalists, and entrepreneurs who seek to experience, protect, and profit from the region's landscapes.
Mapping Shangrila advances a...
In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila -- a place that previously had existed only in fiction -- had been ...
In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila -- a place that previously had existed only in fiction -- had been identified in Zhongdian County, Yunnan. Since then, Sino-Tibetan borderlands in Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, and the Tibet Autonomous Region have been the sites of numerous state projects of tourism development and nature conservation, which have in turn attracted throngs of backpackers, environmentalists, and entrepreneurs who seek to experience, protect, and profit from the region's landscapes.
Mapping Shangrila advances a...
In 2001 the Chinese government announced that the precise location of Shangrila -- a place that previously had existed only in fiction -- had been ...
This book weaves together the life stories of five extraordinary contemporary Tibetans involved in environmental protection (as well as a host of secondary characters): Tashi Dorje, a well-known and celebrated environmentalist; Karma Samdrup, a philanthropist, businessman, and environmentalist; Rinchen Samdrup, Karma's brother, another extraordinary environmentalist; Gendun, a painter, historian, and researcher from Amdo; and Musuo, a Tibetan from the Dechin area of northwest Yunnan who founded the Khawakarpo Culture Society. In the politically fraught and ever-worsening situation for...
This book weaves together the life stories of five extraordinary contemporary Tibetans involved in environmental protection (as well as a host of seco...
