LHASA-”Do Tibetans ride horses to work? Do you all live in tents?” Dondrup was bombarded by a string of questions during his very first train journey to college back in 2000.
“I will never forget that experience. Lots of people really don’t know much about Tibet,” the 41-year-old ethnic Tibetan recalls.
After graduating from his college in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan province, Dondrup tried a variety of jobs-selling apartments and cars, even opening a small bar.
“In my bar, many guests would come to me and ask about Tibetan history and culture. As a Tibetan myself, I couldn’t give them all the answers. It was embarrassing,” he says.
That was when Dondrup made up his mind to get his…