Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . CANTILEVER BRIDGES IN EASTERN TIBET(main road to LHASA, NEAR DRAYA) Ill OPERATIONS IN BOMED AND ZAYUL, 191 i 31 with his usual severity, leaving the natives of this turbulentdistrict more than ever irreconcilable to Chinese rule. There still remained at this time a district called Sangen(meaning in Tibetan Bad Lands, and transliterated by theChinese as Sangai), which had not yet been taken over bythe Chinese. This region consisted of the almost inaccessiblevalleys draining
Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India . CANTILEVER BRIDGES IN EASTERN TIBET(main road to LHASA, NEAR DRAYA) Ill OPERATIONS IN BOMED AND ZAYUL, 191 i 31 with his usual severity, leaving the natives of this turbulentdistrict more than ever irreconcilable to Chinese rule. There still remained at this time a district called Sangen(meaning in Tibetan Bad Lands, and transliterated by theChinese as Sangai), which had not yet been taken over bythe Chinese. This region consisted of the almost inaccessiblevalleys draining into the Yangtze immediately above Batang,and was inhabited by wild robber tribes, who had neverrecognised any constituted authority and lived by raiding thecaravans on the surrounding roads. As a preliminary step tothe subjugation of these tribesmen, Chao Erh-feng occupiedGonjo, a small Tibetan province lying between Draya andSangen. Operating with several columns based on Batang,Draya and De-ge, he closed in on Sangen from five directions,and was as usual successful in overwhelming the tribesmen withlittle or no f
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