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Daughter of the Snow Mountains: From Nepalese Noble girl to Soldier of the 18th Army

​In the early 20th century, Tibet was undergoing profound social upheavals. In the city of Lhasa, a wise and beautiful Nepalese girl met a meteorologist from Qinghai, China. From then on, her fate became intertwined with the modern history of Tibet, creating a legendary story. She is my grandmother—Shanli. Shanli was originally a noble girl from a Brahmin family in Nepal. Her father served as a tax official at the Nepalese consulate in …