The storm rising in the mountains
Rebellion sparked in the year of the Fire Monkey
Lithang : the fallen Buddha of the future
Chatreng : the broken mala
Nyarong : the wrath of the dragoness
The first bend in the Yellow River
Tibet : occupation and "reform"
The Chamdo pilot project and "six years without change"
Diplomatic clashes : Zhou Enlai, Nehru and the Dalai Lama
Gunshots in the Golok grasslands
The Yellow River massacre
Bloodbath at Drongthil Gulch
The crossed-sword banner at Drigu Lake
The 1958 "religious reform movement"
Encircling the plateau in the depths of winter
The men who fell from the sky
Chamdo's fight to the death
The life-or-death journey
When the iron horse raced across the plateau.