An event organized to select masters in various arts and crafts kicked off at the Tibet Museum of Natural Science in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, on Thursday.
Every morning after breakfast, Tharchen sets out to patrol the vast grasslands on a motorbike. As he rides along the sandy track, a billowing cloud of dust forms, and gradually Tharchen disappears.
Ten years ago, Qieyang Shijie gained the honor of being the first Tibetan athlete to win an Olympic medal after claiming a bronze in the women's 20km race walking at the 2012 London Olympics.
Zhao Jindong, a national political adviser and an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has proposed the establishment of a national park at the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon in the Tibet autonomous region.
As winter wheat starts to green up, farmers across China are busy tending the crop to promote tiller development－the production of side shoots－with the hopes of offsetting the impact of flood-delayed planting and having a good summer harvest.
