Chamdo

English Qamdo Prefecture Alternative forms en Qamdo official Etymology From en bo ཆབ་མདོ. Pronunciation chämʹdōen 1952 Chamdo or Chhamdo Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 367 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/367/ 1 Proper noun en prefecture-level city ar:Suf/Tibet c/China. en 1852 Henry Prinsep Henry T. Prinsep Tibet, Tartary, and Mongolia https://archive.org/details/tibettartarymong00prin/ London w:W. H. Allen & Co. 2nd 8130206 133 https://archive.org/details/tibettartarymong00prin/page/133/ Chamdo is the capital of the province of Kham, and was heretofore fortified, but the walls had fallen to decay. en 1957 Robert Ford Wind Between the Worlds https://archive.org/details/windbetweenworld00ford/ Berkeley Snow Lion Graphics 1987 0-9617066-9-4 87-16519 16082850 8517104M 4 https://archive.org/details/windbetweenworld00ford/page/4/ Haste would have been undignified for a Tibetan government official whatever his mission, and in any case the rough track that passed for the main street of Chamdo was heavily iced. en 2000 w:Ani Pachen; Adelaide Donnelley Sorrow Mountain: The Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun https://archive.org/details/sorrowmountainjo0000pach/ Doubleday (publisher) Doubleday 0-385-41075-1 43031822 90 https://archive.org/details/sorrowmountainjo0000pach/page/90/ Gosay Tsering, my father’s eldest minister, spoke first. ‘For centuries, like the body following the head, we in Gonjo have paid taxes and obeyed the laws laid down by the government of Tibet. But in a few short years’ - he raised his hand in emphasis - ‘the Chinese have changed all that. Now our decisions are forced to be made by the fraudulent “Chamdo Liberation Committee.” ’The mention of the committee in Chamdo brought heated response, for it was well known that though the committee was composed of Tibetans and Chinese, the Tibetans were represented in name only, and the governing force was Chinese. en 12/02/2011 Keith Richburg A 12th self-immolation, first in Tibet proper, poses test for China https://web.archive.org/web/20111203190252/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/a-12th-self-immolation-first-in-tibet-proper-poses-test-for-china/2011/12/02/gIQAbNIJKO_story.html 03 December 2011 w:The Washington Post 0190-8286 2269358 Asia & Pacific According to the reports, which could not be independently verified, Tenzin Phuntsog, 46, formerly of the Karma monastery in the town of Chamdo, ignited himself near the monastery. He survived and is being treated at a hospital, the reports said. en December 31, 2013 Correction: China-Tibet-Monk Detained story https://web.archive.org/web/20220613224615/https://apnews.com/article/40e4cc2fd7de45d1bc2706a57b1aead1 13 June 2022 w:AP News Tsering Woeser said Karma Tsewang was taken away by police Dec. 6 while traveling on business in the city of Chengdu. She said the monk was taken to Chamdo prefecture, where he has been detained since.Police in both Chamdo and Nangqian said they had no knowledge of the case. Calls to local governments were either unanswered or answered by people who said they did not know about the case.Tsering Woeser said that Tang, who was retained by Karma Tsewang’s family, had been denied visits with the monk in Chamdo. en SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 Cate Cadell Exclusive: China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet Janet McBride https://web.archive.org/web/20200922160845/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-tibet-exclusive-idUSKCN26D0GT 22 September 2020 w:Reuters AMERS In eastern Tibet’s Chamdo district, where some of the earliest military-style training programs emerged, state media images from 2016 show laborers lining up in drill formation in military fatigues. In images published by state media in July this year, waitresses in military clothing are seen training at a vocational facility in the same district. Pictures posted online from the “Chamdo Golden Sunshine Vocational Training School” show rows of basic white shed-like accommodation with blue roofs. In one image, banners hanging on the wall behind a row of graduates say the labor transfer project is overseen by the local Human Resources and Social Security Department. en Translations prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region, China Chinese: Cantonese: yue 昌都 coeng1 dou1 Mandarin: cmn 昌都 Chāngdū Manchu: mnc ᠴᠠᠮᡩᠠᠣ Tibetan: bo ཆབ་མདོ References Further reading en 1998 Qamdo Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2544 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2544/ 1 Sometimes appears as Chhamdo, or Chamto.