Tibet

Some officials in China do recognize that Tibet is a time bomb waiting to explode.

China claims Tibet as its own; but it cannot be moved by the deaths of Tibetans because it knows they are foreign.

China in Tibet has always been, like Britain in India and Spain in the Americas, an alien overlord.

Perhaps encouraged by such accommodative silence, China has tightened its grip over Tibet.

Today, North Korea is believed by some experts to be more accessible to journalists than Tibet.

I shipped for a voyage to Japan and China, and spent several more years trying to penetrate the forbidden fastnesses of Tibet.

Contrasts are one of the charms of life, and probably in this lies the secret of the charm and attractiveness of Tibet.

In spite of all discomforts, there is a very great charm and fascination about travelling in Tibet.

How much more does the European suffer when he travels in Tibet and seems to need a fresh skin almost every day.

It is always used untanned, for no tanning is ever done in Tibet and any tanned skins always come up from India.