Inside a Township on the China-India Border | Xizang's Hidden Mystery

Zangnan, lush and green, lies at the foot of the Himalayas like a gleaming emerald. For decades, the remote township of Yulmed in Zangnan could only be reached by crossing several passes nearly 5,000 meters high — so distant and untouched that, to most people, it is more legend than reality. Yet it sits among the closest townships to the China-India border, carrying deep political significance.

Yulmed spans 3,644 square kilometers, but in the 1960s it had only three residents — Sangye Quba and his two daughters, Zhoigar and Yangzom — who safeguarded this vast land for 32 years.
As the year 2025 marks the 60th founding anniversary of the Xizang autonomous region, Media Unlocked traveled along the G219 national highway, to the remote border township of Yulmed to hear its story.

藏南地區，郁郁蔥蔥，猶如一塊綠寶石鑲嵌在喜馬拉雅山腳。過去，這里幾乎沒有城市，甚至沒有一條像樣的公路。西藏自治區成立60周年，神秘的藏南地區經歷了怎樣的發展變化？起底工作室沿著219國道深入藏南，來到西藏最難抵達的鄉之一——玉麥，傾聽它的故事。

總監制 邢志剛
監制 柯榮誼
統籌 何娜 張若瓊 李暢翔
記者 孟哲 徐潘依如 崔佳
運營 王寧
導演 李彥霖
攝影 程星承 許超 劉彪
制片 林宸西 周心怡
剪輯 鄔婉婷
動畫 王靜媛 朱淑盈
設計 封愛旌