Top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng arrived in Lhasa, capital of Tibet autonomous region, on Sunday, leading a central government delegation to attend festivities marking the 50th anniversary of the region's founding.
Meng Fanhua believes that the greatest achievement of his life was completing a two-day walk around the base of Mount Kailash, a holy mountain in Ngari prefecture, in western Tibet, last year.
In many parts of Africa, animals such as the rhino and elephant are slaughtered for their precious ivory horns. Monkeys and leopards are hunted for their beautiful skins. Many other animals also die, en masse, just for profits.
Bian Xiaoxing will always remember the day she disentangled the body of a pregnant Tibetan antelope from a wire fence during a fieldwork trip in the Changtang Nature Reserve in Ngari prefecture in the Tibet autonomous region.
Climb onto the roof of an urban apartment or office block to watch the night sky, and you are unlikely to see anything because of the bright city lights glaring from below.
President Xi Jinping underlines national and ethnic unity as key for Tibet, vowing to focus on long-term stability and an "unswerving" anti-separatism battle.
The basic pattern on the logo is a perfect circle, like a moving wheel. It symbolizes the trend of the prosperous development of the new socialist Tibet.
The People's Bank of China has scheduled the release of a set of gold and silver commemorative coins for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet autonomous region on July 16, 2015, Finance.ce.cn reported.
Tibetan photographers participating in an exhibition of their work in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet autonomous region, on July 12 said the show is a gift to the mark the 50th anniversary of the region's founding.
