Source: China – South China Morning PostIn 1951, immediately after Tibet’s liberation, the Chinese government established the first Tibetan scientific expedition.
This was the first comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. More than 50 researchers, equipped with barometers, compasses and other basic instruments, accompanied the army on their pioneering quest.
It took them nearly three years to complete the expedition from the Jinsha River in the east to Mount Everest in the west, and to the Yarlung Tsangpo…Read More