The Chinese central government has played a crucial role in Tibet´s economic development by establishing a market system and driving the region´s Gross Domestic Product.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Chinese central government has played a crucial role in Tibet´s economic development by establishing a market system and driving the region´s Gross Domestic Product.
Panchen Lama, Gyaincain Norbu, says the freeing of one million serfs five decades ago is in keeping with Buddhist beliefs.
The 14th Dalai Lama has distorted facts in his public remarks this month, say Chinese tibetologists.
A Chinese central government official has criticized the Dalai Lama and his followers on Thursday for being "stubborn in talks" and "failing to honor their promises".
Raidi, a former Tibetan serf and vice chairman of NPC Standing Committee, called the Dalai Lama and his political backers the "chief representatives" of the theocratic, feudal serfdom of the old Tibet.
The China Daily on Friday published an article by Huo Wei, professor of Tibetology at Sichuan University, on the Dalai Lama´s claim that he represents all the Tibetans.
Tibet is celebrating its first Serf Emancipation Day on Saturday to commemorate the liberation of about one million serfs fifty years ago.
Tibet´s oldest woman, Arme Tsering, celebrated her 118th birthday Monday at home in the northeastern suburbs of Lhasa.
The Tibet Autonomous Region government will spend six billion yuan on the construction of highways across the plateau region in 2009.
China has exerted great efforts to preserve the culture of Tibet, ranging from Tibetan Buddhism to folk customs.
"Whether people believe in religion or not and in which religion they choose to believe are all at their own choices," said Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak, a living Buddha.