When the Iron Bird Flies

15/04/2022 53 min Temporada 2 Episodio 4
When the Iron Bird Flies

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Episode Synopsis

“When the Iron Bird Flies: China’s Secret War in Tibet” is the second book about Tibet from independent scholar and writer Jianglin Li. In it, Jianglin takes a comprehensive look at six crucial years in modern Tibetan history (1956-62) that culminated in the Tibetan National Uprising of 1959 and the subsequent total Chinese occupation of Tibet.