Grey Tuttle, an Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan studies, believes that it was possible that Rapga "was a devout believer in the political ideology of Sun Yat-sen and had translated some of Sun's more important writings into Tibetan" during this rebellion.
Grey Tuttle, en assisterende professor i moderne tibetanske studier, mener, at det var muligt, at Rapga "var en overbevist tilhænger af Sun Yat Sens politiske ideologi og havde oversat nogle af Suns vigtigere skrifter til tibetansk" under dette oprør.