In early 1929, Lobsang Pasang, representative of the 13th Dalai Lama, met Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing and expressed Dalai Lama’s willingness to pledge allegiance to the Central Government. Chiang Kai-shek was “astonished” by Liu Manqing’s talent.

Source：A Mission to Xikang and Tibet, Commercial Press, 1933