with Barry Cunliffe.
At the Royal Geographical Society recently, a group of the world's leading mountaineers presented a celebration of the climbing history of Mount Everest. Graham Hoyland was in the audience. Three years before
Hillary and Tensing stood on the summit of Everest for the first time, the People's Liberation Army of China invaded Tibet
. John Snelling talks to Dr Michael van Walt - adviser on International
Law to the Dalai Lama - about the historical validity of China's claim to Tibet.
Producer John Knight