Taking the Train to Tibet

Chen Yang/Fang Sheng/Samantha Wilson
ISBN: 978-7-80225-377-3
New Star Publishers
248 pag. paperback 16 x 23 cm 2008

This is Chinas first travel companion book for the journeyby train to Tibet. The successful completion of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a great pioneering work of engineering in the history of Tibet, China and the world at large. This book gives an overview of the landscape, history, culture, customs, religion and places of historical interest of the surrounding areas. It is a must for any tourist journeying to Tibet by train.