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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Local government plans signal robust investment
The mainland economy may continue to rely on investments this year, going by the development goals laid out by leaders from more than 30 provinces and municipalities. Most local blueprints pledge to maintain 10 per cent or higher economic growth. The plans were made after national growth slumped to 7.8 per cent last year...
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5 suspects arrested for inciting self-immolations
LANZHOU – Police in Northwest China’s Gansu province said Wednesday that they have arrested five Tibetans for allegedly convincing three people to self-immolate. The suspects are Karong Takchen, Samuten, Tashi Gyamuktso, Tenbe Gyalpo and Tentsang, according to Gansu police authorities. The police said they found that Karong Takchen, a 21-year-old monk from a temple...
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Average marriage age for Shanghai women over 30
The average age that women in Shanghai are getting married is now over 30 for the first time. The average age at which a woman gets married climbed from 29.9 years in 2011 to 30.3 years in 2012, according to figures published by the municipal Civil Affairs Bureau. The average age of men climbed...
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Young Tibetan aims to master ethnic art
One year after ending an eight-year apprenticeship, Cering Tongdri teaches students how to paint tangka, a style of Tibetan art that involves painting on embroidery, in his very own studio. The 25-year-old Tibetan has an ambitious dream – to become a master of tangka and make his works known to more people both at...
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Chinese monastery holds butter sculpture exhibition
Taer Monastery, a prominent Buddhist monastery in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, held a butter sculpture exhibition on Sunday in celebration of the Lantern Festival. Exhibitions of butter sculptures of Buddha, Buddhist legend and Tibetan history are held annually in reverence to Buddha and for good luck, said Kelsang Lhundrup, deputy director of the Taer...
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On a quest to revive Southern Silk Route
KOLKATA: An actor who is a rage among young women in Myanmar, a celebrated actor from Kolkata, a Chinese explorer from Kunming who has summited Everest, a self made businessman from Chennai who quit after 20 years to pursue good living, a top executive who doesn’t know where he belongs to after setting up...
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