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Illuminating the future

[2014-05-04 09:17]

Solar electricity's arrival at Qumahe Primary School may be the light at the end of the dark tunnel of poverty - one that the children can read by at night.

Kicking it with Yushu's yak-herding b-boys

[2015-07-18 08:11]

While nomads by definition live on the move, Puqu and his nomadic peers live for the moves - that is, for break dancing.

The jade tree branches out

[2015-07-31 16:36]

Following the 2010 quake and fledgling Belt and Road Initiative, Yushu is courting tourists to improve Tibetan nomads' livelihoods

Putting an end to poverty

[2015-11-09 16:11]

Since Raxima is paralyzed, she says she couldn't get out of bed to get a knife and end the burden she believes she puts on her family.

A prescription for nomadic health

[2014-05-04 08:07]

The nomadic Tibetan township's healthcare has progressed dramatically since it first short-lived pharmacy closed in 2011. Yet local healthcare remains underdeveloped.

Civil society 2.0 is solidarity, not charity

[2015-07-09 07:48]

Sometimes, the light at the end of the dark tunnel of poverty is the one children can read by at night.

Solar powers brighter future for nomadic children

[2015-11-09 16:03]

While Yege's children are the township's first generation who can read, they effectively become illiterate after dusk. That's because there is no electricity.

No-man's land is nomads' land

[2015-07-18 08:11]

Expeditions to China's wild, wild West, beyond realms tourists trod, divulge the secrets of an extreme expanse that's equal parts tribulation and majesty.

Nomads embrace changes brought by education

[2014-04-08 07:08]

Remote townships have been reaping the rewards of increased government funding and aid donated by China-based expats, including China Daily journalists.

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