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Solar Cookers in Tibet

In the People's Republic of China's remote, windswept Qinghai province – traditionally the Amdo region of the Tibetan Plateau – solar cookers are changing the way of life of the Tibetan minority inhabiting the rural areas of the region. In Xining, the capital of Qinghai, I met the man responsible for this transformation.

This article was published in Abroad View, the global education magazine for students, in May 2006, by China Center student, Josiah Johnston.  Read more...