Lhasa resident Chodron has been on the waiting list for a woodblock-print sutra from her local monastery for a year, and she will need to wait another two years before she receives the beautiful piece of scripture.
Chinese top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng on Thursday highlighted ethnic unity and social stability in Tibet for a better future in the autonomous region.
Dadhiram Bhandari, Section Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had a pre-assumption that Tibet is a marginalized and a primitive place, that was both barren and underdeveloped.
Top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng called for strict adherence to the law in managing religious affairs in Tibet, in a speech marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the autonomous region on Tuesday.
The square in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, hosted a grand ceremony on Tuesday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the region's founding.
When night falls, singer Tseten Tashi can be found in one of the many bars across Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region.
Top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng arrived in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, on Sunday, leading a central government delegation to attend festivities marking the 50th anniversary of the region's founding.
"I made 'Tibet: The Truth' because I have been annoyed by the constant negative reporting about Tibet in the Western media," Chris D. Nebe, director of the documentary, told Xinhua.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked for more efforts to promote economic growth and all-round social progress in Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited areas in four other provinces, vowing sustainable measures and continued preferential policies.
Tibet Airlines will begin operating two new air routes linking Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, with two other domestic cities on Friday, authorities said.
One woman was killed and two others were injured in Tibet after China's neighbor Nepal was jolted by another earthquake on Tuesday afternoon.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has again urged continued disaster relief work in Tibet Autonomous Region where nearly 300,000 people were affected in a devastating earthquake in Nepal on April 25.
China's top economic planner on Sunday allocated 30 million yuan (4.9 million U.S. dollars) of emergency funds to the quake-affected regions in Tibet.
China is mobilizing all kinds of resources from rescue teams to relief supplies to the earthquake-hit Tibet Autonomous Region and the neighboring Nepal on the other side of the world's highest mountain.
At least 20 were killed and 58 injured in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, after a powerful earthquake struck neighboring Nepal on Saturday, the regional disaster relief headquarters said late Sunday.
The Chinese government on Wednesday issued a white paper on southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, applauding its development path and denouncing the "middle way" advocated by the Dalai Lama.
China is to support the capital market in Tibet in the long term, the head of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) told a meeting on Monday.
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