Tibetans hop on the e-commerce fast track as communications infrastructure catches up
Dawa Ciren, a farmer living in Dadong village, not far from Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, is chatting with his daughter via WeChat, the most used social network in China.
CCTV system, 24-hour patrols make Tibet much safer
The 24-hour patrols of some 100 police service stations in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, has greatly improved the city's peace and stability.
Monks, nuns in Tibet defend stable, religious life
Buddhist monks and nuns in Tibetan monasteries vowed to cherish their hard-earned, stable and ample life in today's religious environment, and expressed disaffection with some recent overseas media reports for instigating agitation in Tibet.
Number of Thangka painters boosted amid governmental support to protect the ancient art
From 300 to 3,000 (roughly), the rise in the number of Thangka painters in Tibet shows that religious art is thriving and a perfect example of the government's support to Tibet culture," Norbu Sitar, dean of the Tibet Thangka Painting Academy in Lhasa, said.
Tibet considers written Lhoba script
A legislator from Lhoba, the second smallest of 56 ethnic groups in China living in the southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region, said the regional government is considering creating written scripts for the Lhoba language, a move the legislator hailed as another government effort to preserve ethnic culture.
New policies boost winter tourism figures in Tibet
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has seen a great increase in winter tourism during the past Tibetan New Year and Chinese Lunar New Year holidays thanks to recently released favorable policies.
Tibetans enjoy better material life in New Year from region's fast growth
Tenzin Phuntsok has cleaned his house, prepared food for worshipping and traditional dishes to celebrate the Tibetan New Year, which falls on February 5, the same day as Spring Festival.
Tibetan teacher awarded for efforts to bring knowledge to rural children
In January, Thubten Gyatso from Moding village in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, went to Hainan Province for the first time in his life, where he attended an awards ceremony for rural teachers.
Tibetan unrest took 27% off GDP per capita in 1988-2007: researchers
If there had been no unrest from 1987 to 1989, the Tibet Autonomous Region may have enjoyed around 27 percent higher GDP per capita from 1988 to 2007, two Chinese researchers at the University of Goettingen in Germany recently concluded.