In the end, she chose to stay closer to her father. "I realized family is important to me," she says.
The father has seldom had holidays or weekends these years. He stayed for months in different counties under the jurisdiction of Nagqu prefecture from 1985 to 1995. With his broad smile on a sun-tanned face and his mastery of the Tibetan dialect, he can be easily mistaken as an ethnic Tibetan.
Galsang Degyid, his Tibetan colleague, says the workload makes it impossible to take a full annual leave. In her case, that's 60 days a year, since she began working there in 2004.
Zhong himself has not yet had time to check out his newly furnished home in Chengdu, Sichuan province. But there's no photo had been taken of the three family members together.
As an only child, Zhong Kun was not spoiled and has shown her ability to live independently.
Her father always urges her forward. "If your body adapts well, it is quite interesting to work in Nagqu. People in northern Tibet are honest and straightforward, but illiteracy and poverty are still widespread."
"Plus, Nagqu lacks talents, and her training in environmental engineering is relevant and useful here," he says.
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