Dragon's frostbite

Vice-Chancellor Song Min of Beijing's Minzu University had lined up four of her 800 Tibetan students in her conference room. China's 55 ethnic minorities, including Tibetans, study their cultures at Minzu. Pointing to a pretty girl, she said, “After graduating, she wants to work towards preserving her people's culture. Where are you from, Ciliquzhui?” “Shangri-la, teacher.” “Shangri-la?” I protested. “It's a fictional place, created by James Hilton in Lost Horizon in the 1930s. It doesn't exist.”

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