Seventy years after its peaceful liberation, Tibet takes on a …
It was only after its peaceful liberation did Tibet start to build its modern highway from scratch. By the end of 2020, Tibet already had 117,000 kilometers of highway, including 688 kilometers of high-grade highway, and 954 kilometers of railway open to traffic. Now, Tibet has formed a comprehensive, multi-dimensional transportation network ...
Tibet sends out nearly 9 bln kWh of electricity
LHASA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Tibet Electric Power Co., Ltd. of the State Grid said it transmitted 8.98 billion kWh of electricity out of the region from 2015 to this summer. All the electricity sent out was generated by clean energy, the company said. In 2015, Tibet sent electricity to neighboring Qinghai Province for the first time, with 1. ...
China's Tibet embraces new chapter in development in new …
China's Tibet embraces new chapter in development in new era. By Shen Lin, Yuan Quan Source: People's Daily Updated: . In the Ngokjetang neighborhood in Lhasa city, capital of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, where streets are neat and tidy, stores see booming business, and good governance and social order are …
China sees fruitful outcomes in protection of endemic plant …
Number of Tibetan antelopes soars to 300,000 from 70,000. Chukphel Tashi is a patroller who rescues Tibetan antelope calves during the reproduction and migration season of the animal while at the Zhuonai Lake protection station in the Hol Xil Nature Reserve, northwest China's Qinghai province.
China holds celebration of 70th anniversary of Tibet's …
Pupils attend a grand gathering to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 19, 2021. More than 20,000 people from various ethnic groups attended the event held in Lhasa.
Travel to Tibet: Q&A
A: May to October is the best season in Tibet, since it is comfortably warm but not scorching. However, this is also the peak season for Tibet tourism, and there are many travelers and travel costs are also high. From November to the following April it's relatively cold, but the sun makes things warmer during daylight hours.
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The Qinghai-Tibet Railway runs from Xining in the east to Lhasa in the west for a total length of 1,956 km. The section of 814 km from Xining to Golmud was completed and put into operation in 1984. In 2001, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council made the major decision to build the Golmud-Lhasa section of ...
China's Tibet eradicates absolute poverty | en.huanqiu
As of the end of 2019, Tibet has removed all of its impoverished counties from the poverty list, and lifted all of the 628,000 registered impoverished residents out of poverty, reducing poverty incidence to zero. The annual net income of poverty-stricken residents increased from 1,499 yuan ($226) in 2015 to 9,328 yuan in 2019, and over 99 ...
Tibetan architecture and hospitality in Shangri-La
Tibetan-style decor graces every room of this establishment. /CGTN. Boutique hotels like this are more than a place to spend a night. The core of their purpose is celebrating the local culture. This is an experiential travel, and I felt quite immersed in the local lifestyle and customs. The surroundings were also incredibly beautiful, with the ...
Xi and Tibet -- footprints and blueprint for a green future
Entering the new era following the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at the core has attached great importance to the development of Tibet, and Xi has set the direction and made overall plans for the region, drawing up the blueprint for future development. He presided over the sixth and seventh ...
Five Interesting Facts about Tibet
Tibetan Population. Despite being the second largest province in China (Xinjiang is the largest), Tibet has the lowest density of population in the entire country. With a land area of 1.228 million km2, Tibet actually covers around 12.8% of the total area of China, but has an average of only two people per square kilometer. ...
Travel- China Tibetannnet-English
China's Tibet receives 2.55 mln tourists in Q1. Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region received more than 2.55 million tourists from home and abroad in the first quarter of this year, raking in tourism revenue of over 2 billion yuan (about 291 million U.S. dollars), regional tourism authorities said on Monday.
From Slave to Master of the Country
Ceringpe lived at the mercy of the magistrate for nine years before the central government launched the democratic reform in Tibet in 1959. Since that time, the working people who had been exploited and oppressed for centuries became masters of their own fate, their region, and their country. Ceringpe and her family now have a completely new …
How to Get a Tibet Travel Permit for Tibet Visit?
Step 1: Find a Reliable Tibet Travel Agency and Book Your Tibet Tour with it. The first thing to do is to find a reliable and registered travel agency for your trip to Tibet. Independent travel in Tibet is not permitted for international tourists, and you are required to be part of a guided tour that must be booked through a Tibet travel agency ...
Unique wedding custom (1) Dai people: Love gets nourished …
Yunnan's diverse living environment and cultural deposits have contributed to the evolution of a great variety of marriage customs. From marriage customs of various ethnic groups, we can feel the charm of Yunnan ethnic culture.
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My journey – close to 3,000 kilometers from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, to Yecheng, just near Kashi City, in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region – would take 39 days. It was, needless to say, quite a challenge, but it surely must rate as one of the world's ultimate – and most stunning – endurance cycling routes. Tibet is no stranger to me.
The highway that leads Tibet to prosperity
The Sichuan-Tibet railway, with an investment of 270 billion yuan, is under construction as well. All the projects would be unthinkable without the Sichuan-Tibet highway. "The new railway will link Tibet, an important gateway to South Asia, with the developed regions in eastern and central China," said Li Jian, an associate research …
Tibetan antelopes seen near Zonag Lake in Qinghai
Tibetan antelopes are mostly found in Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The species is under first-class state protection in China. (Xinhua/Zhang Long) Photo taken on July 7, 2020 shows a flock of Tibetan antelopes near Zonag Lake in Hoh Xil national nature reserve, northwest …
Highland County Now Famed for Fruits and Vegetables
Litang has become the transportation hub connecting the Sichuan-Tibet 318 National Highway, the Sichuan-Yunnan 217 Provincial Highway, and five routes in the southern part of Garze. At the end of November 2017, 890 kilometers of rural roads were completed in Litang, including 417.7 kilometers linking townships, and 472.3 kilometers …
Valuable Lessons from Tibet's Fight Against Poverty
In 1951, when Tibet was peacefully liberated, the poverty rate in the region was as high as 80 percent. In the following decades, the Chinese government carried out a comprehensive anti-poverty campaign in Tibet, leading to a steady decrease in the number of poor people in the region. The figure fell to 26 percent of local population in 2012, with …
Xi inspects Tibet, stressing lasting stability, high
(Xinhua/Li Xueren) Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stressed fully implementing the guidelines of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for governing Tibet in a new era and writing a new chapter of lasting stability and high-quality development for the plateau region.
Education- China Tibetannnet-English
Tibet promotes IT-based education. Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has been promoting educational informatization over the past decade, with its 100-Mbps broadband network now fully covering primary and middle schools, authorities said on Sunday. Tibet network education .
70 years on, Tibet embarks on new journey of modernization
China's Tibet Autonomous Region is celebrating the 70th anniversary of peaceful liberation -- a turning point in the region's history -- as it starts a new journey of modernization after decades of leapfrog development. With the peaceful liberation in 1951, the people of Tibet broke free from the fetters of invading imperialism for good, and ...
Anti-British Imperialism Relic in City of Heroes
Now, you can find the Anti-British Imperialism Relic on Mt. Dzongri, which is a national protected cultural relic and base for patic education. Mt. Dzongri, situated in the central of Gyantse old town, has an altitude of 4187 meters. Its unique geography location and convenient transportation have made Gyantse critical in Tibetan history.
Opinion: Stability, development cornerstones of building …
Achieving sustained stability and rapid development is the cornerstone of building a new modern socialist Tibet that is united, prosperous, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful. First and foremost, work related to Tibet must focus on safeguarding national unity and strengthening ethnic solidarity. The message is clear in …
Xi: Build high-quality Sichuan-Tibet Railway
Xi said in the instruction released on Sunday that the Sichuan-Tibet Railway project is a significant step in implementing the Party's strategy of governing the Tibet autonomous region in the new era. It is crucially important for the country to safeguard national unity, enhance ethnic solidarity and consolidate stability in border areas, he said.
No Slave to Shangri-la
A Culture Endangered by Modernization. At a Renmin University symposium in the summer of 2010, Van der Kuijp explained his concept of Tibet as a "slave to Shangri-la." James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon was popular in the West and was adapted into an even more popular film; Shangri-la was an idyllic place of eternal life that remained perfect ...
Custodians of Tibetan Culture
The inventor of the Tibetan script in the 7th century, Thonmi Sambhota was born here. Locally produced Tibetan incense, paper, and carving have enjoyed great reputation on the Tibetan plateau, dubbed the "Three Feats of Nyemo." As an important carrier of local culture, Tibetan paper has recorded its history while witnessing its …
Guarding nature in Asia's "water tower"
Guarding nature in Asia's "water tower". For the past decade, Tibetan ranger Gechok has typically started his day with the same routine, waking up in the early morning and riding on horseback to the source region of the Yellow River. He spends seven hours a day on patrol, covering dozens of kilometers, taking notes on the occurrence and ...
Qiangtang Plateau in SW China's Tibet a paradise for wild …
(Photo/People's Daily Online) With its diverse landforms including deserts, grasslands, lakes, mountains, and rivers, as well as its breathtaking scenery, Qiangtang Plateau in southwest China's Tibet autonomous region is a paradise for wild animals.
Overcoming Natural and Historic Challenges: Tibet's
In 2019 alone, Beijing invested more than 68.6 billion yuan ($9.9 billion) in to developing Tibet's infrastructure. Though most of investment has come from central government coffers, Tibet's local governments have also injected a total of 28.89 billion yuan ($4.31 billion) into more than 2,900 poverty alleviation projects since 2016.
Seventy years after its peaceful liberation, Tibet takes on a …
Thanks to the peaceful liberation, the democratic reform and the implementation of regional ethnic autonomy, millions of serfs were liberated. The living standards of the Tibetan people saw an unprecedented boost, with average life expectancy doubling from 35.5 years in 1951 to 71.1 in 2020.
China's Tibet embraces new chapter in development in new …
The Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway, the first electrified railroad in Tibet, is slated to begin service on June 30. And China's independently-developed Fuxing high-speed Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) trains powered by both internal-combustion and electricity are expected to run along the railway. The Lhasa-Shigatse expressway under construction in Tibet ...
Tibet makes great strides in 70 years after peaceful …
Now, 70 years after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Dodramog and other Tibetans are living much better lives as the region has made unprecedented strides in social and economic development, and pushed for the well-rounded development of the people. Aerial photo taken on Aug. 10, 2019 shows the Potala Palace in Lhasa, southwest …
Xi: Build high-quality Sichuan-Tibet Railway
President underscores importance of project to development of western region. President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to advance the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway project with high quality, saying that it has great relevance to promoting socioeconomic development in the country's western region.
70 years on, Tibet embarks on new journey of modernization
Time： 16:40:00 Source： people China Youth International. China's Tibet Autonomous Region is celebrating the 70th anniversary of peaceful liberation -- a turning point in the region's history -- as it starts a new journey of modernization after decades of leapfrog development. With the peaceful liberation in 1951, the people of ...
The First Chinese to Present Tibet to the West
My grandfather, Quan Shaoqing, whose family name was Aisin Gioro, was born in Wanping (southwest of present-day downtown Beijing) in 1884. In 1904 he graduated from the Beiyang Medical College in Tianjin, China's first institution of Western medicine. Taught in English, courses were modeled on those at Western medical schools, and student ...