The Agreement of the Central People's Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet was signed in Beijing on May 23, 1951, marking a historic turning point for the region.
Some of my Tibetan friends joke that the reason I don't get altitude sickness, even at elevations around 5,000 meters, is because, in my previous life, I was Tibetan.
Foreign Buddhist practitioners and religious affairs officials said visits to key Tibetan sites and research institutions in China this week have deepened their understanding of the reincarnation system of Living Buddhas and the development of Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
A tourist route around Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, will be launched to offer countryside experiences, according to local tourism authorities.
The Tashi Choten community in the Tibet autonomous region is renowned for preserving one of Tibet's unique opera schools.Located in Gonggar county, it has been designated as a preservation base of Yarlung Tashi Sholpa, a national intangible cultural heritage.
Dorje, 58, got to relive his 2008 torch moment at a recent Olympic-themed exhibition in Tibet's capital, Lhasa. Together with Xinjiang, the western autonomous regions have been developing as winter sports hubs ever since Beijing won the bid to host the 2022 Games