Two Reporters, One Destination

• 来源期刊: 北京周报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2022,（15）
• 所属期刊栏目: FEATURES
• 页码范围: 34-36
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-9140.2022.15.013

摘要

Chen Zonglie I volunteered to work for the then newly founded Tibet Daily in July 1956. They were short of hands, especially photographers. I had taken pho-tos for the Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio in Beijing before that. There were three ways to reach Lhasa in the mid-1950s: on foot, on wheels or by air. I took the second approach—by truck, without seats. The road was either rough or muddy. When we came across sections where the layers of frozen earth were melting, it felt like we were driving on leavened dough. And we got stuck in the "dough" every now and then. Consequently, it took us 21 days to reach the regional capital from Xining in neighboring Qinghai Province, about 1,900 km northeast of Lhasa. I caught a bad cold on the way. It was really uncomfortable.