Sun Shuyun (born in 1963) is a Chinese writer. Sun was born in China and graduated from

Beijing University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal chart ...

and won a scholarship to the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. Her books include '' Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud'' (in which she retraces the journey of the 7th-century Chinese monk

Xuanzang Xuanzang (, ; 602–664), born Chen Hui / Chen Yi (), also known as Hiuen Tsang, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of ...

)'', The Long March: The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth, A Year in Tibet'', a book made in conjunction with the BBC documentary '' A Year in Tibet''.

References

Book review of ''A Year In Tibet''Tibet: Transformation and tradition
about the BBC series ''A Year In Tibet''.
Another review of the BBC series

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* 1963 births Living people Chinese documentary film directors Chinese travel writers People's Republic of China historians Peking University alumni Chinese film producers Alumni of the University of Oxford {{China-writer-stub