[1974 March 27 [1974 February 23], “New Road in Szechwan”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, number 60, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengtu Szechwan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page E 2:
The road between Maowen and Peichuan counties was opened to traffic on 30 December, 1973. The "Maopei" road runs (east) from the county town of Maowen in Apa Tibetan Autonomous Chou to Peichuan County in Mienyang special district, and is over 110 km long.]
This area now forms part of the Apa Tibetan Autonomous Region, in which is included the Chiang Autonomous County - the Chiang people being those who were formerly known as the Mantsu. Capital of the Apa region is Maerkung, formerly a small opium-trading post and scene of the historic meeting of the main part of the Red Army under Mao Tse-tung with the North Szechuan Fourth Front Army under Chang Kuo-tao.]
[1976 [1976 March 3], Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East - Part 3[2], British Broadcasting Company, sourced from Chengtu, Szechwan provincial service, →ISSN, →OCLC, Abstract of report:
Chinchuan County CCP Committee in APA Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture has taken the class struggle as the key link, persisted in the Party's basic line and led the people throughout the county to seriously learn the basic experiences of Tachai and[…]]
Last year both the total grain output and the number of livestock of the Apa Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture were 3 times those of the year preceding the democratic reform.[…] In Apa Prefecture, two-thirds of the cadres are of minority nationalities and many of the leading cadres were poor peasants or herdsmen before liberation.]
1992, Robert Strauss, “Kham & the Sichuan Routes”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet)[5], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155, column 1:
The main Tibetan areas in Sichuan are now designated as Aba (Ngawa) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Muli Tibetan Autonomous County.
2011 April 22, Michael Martina, Sally Huang, “China bans foreigners from restive Tibetan areas”, in Ben Blanchard, Ken Wills, Yoko Nishikawa, editors, Reuters[6], archived from the original on 06 March 2023, Top News[7]:
The notice, issued by provincial public security authorities, said foreigners were prohibited from entering the Tibetan populated prefecture of Ganzi and several counties in neighboring Aba prefecture.
2013 February 26, “Tibetan monks self-immolate in anti-China protest”, in AP News[8], archived from the original on 27 May 2022[9]:
Last week, two Tibetan teenagers set themselves on fire in a double self-immolation in Aba prefecture, Tibet rights advocacy groups said. Seventeen-year-old Richen and his childhood friend Sonam Dargye, 18, were among the youngest to have died in the fiery protests.
