In 1928, Liu Manqing began an internship at Peking Union Medical College Hospital and became acquainted with Kalsang Tsering, a representative of the 9th Panchen Lama. At the time, Liu Manqing’s father had already appointed Panchen Lama’s secretary. Kalsang Tsering, whose Han Chinese name was Wang Tianhua, was Tibetan, born in Batang County, Sichuan, in 1904; his ancestors lived in Lijiang, Yunnan.