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3 May, 2008
Exhibition testimony to progress in Tibet/XiZang
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Huang Guangxue, vice-director of the National State Nationalities Affairs Commission in the 1980s, still remembers his first visit to Tibet in 1954. Huang and his colleagues were on a State Council mission to assess the situation in the region.
The young man, who grew up in the countryside, was struck by the poverty of the Tibetans.
In [...]
10 Jan, 2008
The Real Tibet
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The purest air and the bluest sky in the world. This is what I first saw in Tibet when I went there some 20 years ago.
Under the blinding sunshine were men wrapped up in sheep hides. With chest and arms exposed to the air, they chatted merrily with girls with deeply sun-tanned cheeks.
Out of my [...]
8 Jan, 2008
Tibet/XiZang from dynasty to republic
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BEIJING, April 9 -- Tibet is located in Southwest China. The people who lived there struck up links with the Han in the Central Plains long before the Christian era. Throughout centuries, the numerous tribes scattered across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau gradually developed into the Tibetan ethnic group.
By the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), the Tibetans and [...]
7 Jan, 2008
Video - Tibet: The Truth
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Credits:
Chris D. Nebe
JJ Osbun
Mark Grabianowski
The West is trying to demonize China. Why? To ensure an upper-handed position economically, politically, and socially.
Too many harbor strong opinions about Tibet, yet know nothing more than the few slogans offered by the mass-media outlets.
The media screams:
"They killed innocent monks!" - but those "innocent" monks and other young hooligans killed [...]
4 Jan, 2008
Tibet/XiZang Population Situation
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1. Size and Distribution
By the end of 1997, total population in Tibet accounted 2.479 million. With diversity distribution, the most people live in rural areas, and less in cities and towns. Population of the Tibetan nationality takes over 90 percent, but that of the Han nationality and other ethnic groups is very little. Affected by [...]
2 Jan, 2008
History of Tibet/XiZang
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In ancient times, the Tibetans on the plateau cultivated a close relationship with the Han and with other ethnic groups from the Chinese interior. In the 7th century, this relationship reached its peak when Srong-btsan Sgam-po (Songtsan Gambol, the king of the Tubo kingdom who ruled the Tibetan Plateau at that time twice sent envoys [...]
1 Jan, 2008
About Tibet/XiZang
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Population: 2.03 million
Urban population: 250,000
Capital: Lhasa
Major towns: Lhasa, Xigaze, Gyangze, Qamdo, Nyingchi, Gar
Nationalities: Tibetan (1.97 million), Han, Menba, Luoba, and Hui
Area: 1,200,000 square kilometers
Altitude:
over 4,000 meters on the whole; 8,848 meters at the peak of Qomolangma (Mount Everest)
Climatic features:
highland climate, with lower temperatures and less precipitation than most of China; thin atmosphere; long hours of [...]
