Tibet Culture Week in Thailand"[dead link], 12 December 2003: "Born in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Chen Qingying moved to northwest China's Qinghai Province with his family at the age of 17 and entered the Physics Department of Qinghai Nationalities College. Qinghai is home to many Tibetan people, and Chen Qingying began to study the Tibetan language. After teaching physics for more than ten years in Qinghai, he entered the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing, majoring in Tibetan. Why did he change from a physics professor to a Tibetologist. 'I studied some Tibetan in college, and also did some jobs in the Tibetan areas, which aroused my great interest in the history and culture of Tibet.'"
Tibet Culture Week in Thailand[dead link], CRIENGLISH.com, 12 décembre 2003: "62-year-old Chen Qingying is the Director of the History Research Institute under the China Tibetology Research Center. For years, he has been studying and translating Tibetan historical records and documents. He is a Han Chinese, but Prof. Chen is fluent in Tibetan, and even some local dialects. He has been deeply interested in Tibet and its people for decades, and has made great achievements in this field."
