doi:10.7916/d8-60gn-ck73Oral history interview with Yangling Dorje (official), 2000video recordingsoral historiesmoving imageOfficials and employees, retiredChinese officialsDbyangs-gling, Rdo-rjeOral history interview with Yangling Dorje (Tib. Dbyangs-gling Rdo-rje; Ch. Yangling Duojie), who served as Deputy Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region, 1981-1986; regarding hardships during his childhood as a herder (in the 1930s) in the area of Chamdo (Tib. Chab mdo ; Ch. Changdu), Sichuan Province. He recounts lacking food and clothing in the pre-Communist era and witnessing the Tibetan army cruelly punishing prisoners. Also discusses the need to promote Tibetan cadres to work in Tibet, his experience running in Tibet in the early 1980s, the policy vis a vis the Dalai Lama, Since 1986, he served as CPCC Chairman in Sichuan. His views on economic development, and his views on Tibetan culture and identity (in part 2). Last section of part 2 includes footage of mountaintop cairns, pilgrims, tent encampments, local festival, etc.