PURNA BASNET BEIJING – The Tibet railway is expected to connect Kathmandu with Shigatse later this year. Losang Samten, chief of the Tibet Autonomous Region government, informed in Beijing that the Lhasa-Shigatse railway will be completed ahead of schedule and the railway will become operational at the beginning of 2014. Speaking at the ongoing...
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China rail to reach Shigatse this year
Panchen Lama takes higher advisory post
BEIJING — Three years after making his political debut, the 11th Panchen Lama, a spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, has been entrusted with a more important role of advising China on state affairs. He was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, China’s...
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Qinghai Holds Mountain Climbing Competition
Qinghai organized a mountain climbing competition in Xining, capital of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on March 6, 2013, in celebration of International Women’s Day. Fifty-five teams and 605 competitors took part in the competition. Sixteen teams won the competition, with Hu Fengjiao, a female contestant from the Sports Bureau of Qinghai Province, winning the...
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China to Wrap up Tibet Railway Extension Line
China will soon finish building an extension line of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to link Lhasa to Xigaze, the second largest city in southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region, chairman of the Tibet regional government Losang Jamcan said Friday. “Hopefully, the Lhasa-Xigaze rail line will be completed at the end of this year or the beginning of...
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China Rebukes Monastery At Heart Of Fiery Protests
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese officials on Thursday castigated a Tibetan monastery at the center of a wave of self-immolations, saying it has been inciting the fiery protests. They also indicated that authorities will not relax controls over the region. Wu Zegang, the governor of Aba prefecture in southwest China, said Thursday the local Kirti...
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Agreement signed to protect Silk Road heritage
The State Administration of Cultural Heritage signed a joint agreement to protect the Silk Road heritage on March 4 with Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai provinces, as well as the Ningxia Hui and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions. Since 2006 China and neighboring countries in Central Asia have been preparing for the World Heritage nomination...
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Western China, New Powerhouse for China’s Economy
With the introduction of China’s “Go West” policy in 1999, the country’s western region entered into period of consistently elevated economic development. The ‘Go West’ policy covers 12 provinces and cities in the western part of China, namely: Sichuan Chongqing Guizhou Yunan Tibet Shaanxi Gansu Qinghai Ningxia Xinjiang Inner Mongolia Guangxi The territories listed...
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Tibet officials vow resolute fight against Dalai clique
BEIJING, (Xinhua) — Top officials from the Tibet Autonomous Region pledged Friday to fight against the Dalai clique resolutely to ensure the stability of the plateau region. “We will always place maintaining stability as our top priority and keep on crackdowns on all secessionist forces and sabotage activities,” Losang Jamcan, chairman of the Tibet...
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No local residents, monks, nuns self-immolate in Tibet: official
No local residents, monks or nuns in Tibet Autonomous Region have self-immolated so far, despite a string of similar incidents in neighboring Tibetan-inhabited regions, said a Tibetan official. “People in Tibet including monks and nuns deserve a happy life. They cherish life and love the society and the country,” said Padma Choling, deputy secretary...
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Butter flowers blossom at Kumbum Monastery
Tibetan monks have made intricate, colored sculptures out of butter, as part of a tradition that is as old as Buddhism itself. At the Kumbum Monastery in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, they continue to sculpt fantastic flowers, animals, birds and plants. Every year during this period, more than 100,000 pilgrims and tourists from all...
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