In many works that portray the Tibetan Area, the impression people usually get is that it's a backward place with no internet, electricity, or cell signal.
And the herders don't know how to use any advanced electronic devices.
As soon as you walk into their home, it's all kinds of Hada and butter tea.
Well, the butter tea part is true.
But the nomads in the Tibetan Area are no longer that backward.
The little girl, Gesang Meiduo, was watching short videos on her phone; her mother, Zhuoma Yangzong, seemed to be watching some kind of online livestream—one of those vet streams where they diagnose animals—while the girl's grandmother, Tsirin Lhamo, was holding a senior phone and listening to something.
The sound from over there was pretty low; to Chen Wen it sounded like Buddhist scriptures or something of that sort.
After putting the butter tea on to boil, Zhaxi Duntu went outside and started up the generator.
Very modern.
