Han and Tibetans Mourn Li, Jianglin (video)

By WRIC                          01-19-2025

 

Ms. Jianglin Li, a Chinese-American historian and expert on contemporary Tibetan history, died of illness at her home in Georgia, USA, on Christmas Eve 2024 at the age of 68. Ms. Jianglin Li worked at the New York Public Library after obtaining a double master’s degree in 1988. She began studying Tibetan history in 2004 and wrote six historical books, including “1959: Lhasa! – How the Dalai Lama Escaped” and “When the Iron Bird Flies in the Sky: The Secret War on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 1956 to 1962”, which brought distorted and omitted historical facts to light and recorded them in history, and also left a valuable legacy for contemporary Tibetan history research. Jianglin Li is indeed a brave and outstanding Chinese-American woman. Her death not only made her loved ones and friends deeply saddened, but also brought irreparable losses to international Tibetan history research.

 

The memorial ceremony for contemporary Tibetan historian Ms. Li Jianglin on January 12, 2025.