Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy

In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Lhasa, leaving the Peoples Republic of China with a crisis on its Tibetan frontier. Sulmaan Wasif Khan tells the story of the PRCs response to that crisis and, in doing so, brings to life an extraordinary cast of characters: Chinese diplomats appalled by sky burials, Guomindang spies working with Tibetans in Nepal, traders carrying salt across the Himalayas, and Tibeta...