Oral history interview with Li Benxin (military officer), 2000
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- Title
- Oral history interview with Li Benxin (military officer), 2000
- Abstract
- Oral history interview with Li Benxin, formerly an officer in the 18th Corps (shi ba jun) of the 4th Field Army of the People's Liberation Army, and Party Secretary of the Lhasa Public Health Bureau, 1980-1982; describes first-hand the arrival of the People's Liberation Army in Chamdo and Tibet, construction of the airport in Ganzi, and healthcare.
- Collection Name
- Sino-Tibetan Oral History Project
- Subjects
- History; Airports; Military officers; Chinese; Nineteen fifties; Tibet Region; Li, Benxin; China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun
- Format
- video recordings; oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 2 video files (Part 1: 63 minutes; Part 2: 24 minutes)
- Note
- This interview has been translated and an English transcript is available. Contact the Tibetan Studies Librarian for access.
- Content labeled Tape 30 and Tape 31 on original time-coded shotlist.
- Li Benxin, formerly an officer in the 18th Army and Party Secretary of the Lhasa Public Health Bureau, 1980-1982; d
- Note (Funding)
- Digitized with funding by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
- Language
- English; Chinese
- Library Location
- C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 7202483
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-wynk-9216