Liu Manqing felt that her work with the Civil Service was “paperwork that makes her just trail after others,” as she “knew well that she had neither the talent nor the will to do such work.” In June 1929, after working in the department for less than half a year, she submitted a report to Gu Yingfen, Head of the Civil Service, and Chiang Kai-shek. In the report, she volunteered to survey Xikang and Tibet.

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