english: I once travelled 6,000 miles from Chengdu in Western China overland through southeastern Tibet to Lhasa with a young colleague, and it was only when I got to Lhasa that I understood the face behind the statistics you hear about: 6,000 sacred monuments torn apart to dust and ashes, 1.2 million people killed by the cadres during the Cultural Revolution.
non_english: Jednom sam putovao 9.656 kilometara od Čengdua u zapadnoj Kini zemljanim putem kroz jugoistočni Tibet do Lase sa mladim kolegom, i tek kad sam došao do Lase razumeo sam lice koje se krije iza statistike o kojoj vas obaveštavaju: 6.000 svetih spomenika pretvoreno u prah i pepeo, 1.2 miliona ljudi koje su regruti ubili u periodu Kulturne revolucije.