CARING BY SHARING

正Medical partnership assistance improves healthcare in Tibet Autonomous Region For several months Lhamo, a farmer in Xigaze, Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China, had been feeling enervated. The 23-year-old lacked strength to do any farm work and felt short of breath even during walking. She went to the Xigaze People's Hospital, where she had to stay for 10     

HARVESTING A BETTER FUTURE

正Modern agriculture improves lives and livelihoods in Tibet Autonomous Region Till two years ago, Tenzin was a struggling farmer in Lungsang, a village in the city of Xigaze in Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China. Lying at an average altitude of 4,000 meters, with long sunshine hours and fertile soil, the area is one of the region's major producers of highland barley. However, the crop had never brought the 75-year-old farmer any sizeable profit in his decades of farming.     

Disgraced Monk on Trial

Two accused self-immolation instigators appear in court in Sichuan Two suspects had their day in the Intermediate People’s Court of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China’s Sichuan Provinceon January26.     

NEW HOMES,NEW CHOICES

正Moving out of the mountains brings more opportunities for Tibetans Phuntsog Gyatso, 33, seldom left his village in Sangri County, Shannan, Tibet Autonomous Region, in the first 30 years of his life. Both his mother and brother are disabled people who need care and support. As the only working person in the family, Phuntsog Gyatso had limited choices—he had to take care of the family and the highland barley fields all by himself. He could not think of finding jobs in the nearby town.     

A Model of Chinese Style

<正>At a national conference at the end of May,the Chinese Government said partnership assistance in the past year had boosted development in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region remarkably and called for greater support.Since March2010,     

China Observes Day of Mourning as Relief Work for Mudslides Contmues

Mudslides buried and flooded hundreds of homes on Sunday, August 8, in Zhouqu,the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest Gansu Province. The death toll from the massive rain-triggered mudslides in Zhouqu County had risen to 1,239 as of August 15, a week after the devastating mudslides hit the county, with 505 others still missing.     

DEVELOPMETN AND PROGRESS IN XINJIANG（Part three）

Ⅴ. Upholding Ethnic Equality and Unity
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is multiethnic region. According to the fifth national census in 2000, it is home to 55 ethnic groups including the Uyghur, Han and Kazak. In 2008, it had a population of 21.308 million, 12.945 million of whom were of ethnicities other than the Han, representing 60.8% of the total. In 2007, three ethnic groups in the region had a population over one million each. They were the Uyghur with a population of 9.651 million, the Han, 8.239 million, and the Kazak,     

Hospitable Oroqen Ethnic Group

Oroqen, a brave and strong ethnic group in north of China, once lived in stretches of unbroken chain virgin forest in ancient time, now mainly dwell on in Oroqen Autonomous County in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and some cities, such as Heihe, Jiayin, in China's northeast he ilongjiang Province. The population of Oroqen people numbers about more than 6,000. The rich and beautiful earth gives birth to a more and more developing ethnic group. In the past, Oroqen mainly live on hunting, they spread all over the primeval forests in Xing'anling Mountain Ridges which stretch for thousands of kilometers, no matter men or women are good at riding a horse and hunting. A horse is a good friend and accompanier, it can do great favour in their daily life. A hunting dog is also a good assistant in hunting beasts. A girl will not only to learn housework, but also can be a good hunter in her growing days. But now farming is the main way, because hunting had been forbidden for many years, the former hunters had dev     

Help for Xinjiang or A Knockout Blow?

Born and growing up in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, I felt a sense of unfairness between the Han people like me and the ethnic minority groups living there. Many of my classmates from the ethnic minorities had at least one sibling, but most of the Hans didn't. Though the one-child policy prevailed at that time, the ethnic minorities were exempted.     

Tale of an Ancient Town

THE clock had just struck 5pm when I arrived in Jin'an, the center of Songpan, an ancient county town under the jurisdiction of Sichuan's Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. I quickly checked into a hotel before setting off on my quest to unlock Songpan's ancient mysteries.     

THE POTALA PALACE REOPENS

正Visitors head for the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China, on June 3, the first day of its reopening.The number of visitors per day is restricted, and advance online reservation is required. The 1,300-year-old palace had been closed since January 27 due to the novel coronavirus lockdown.     

THIRSTY CHINA

Extreme weather conditions have blighted much of China over the past year and a pattern of increasing drought has emerged. The problem is both economic and human. Swathes of farmland have been hit by drought leading to production losses and millions of people have had difficulty accessing fresh water. While the government is attempting to tackle the issue,increasingly dry weather is something that could prove a long-term problem for the countryA rare longdrought has had severe consequences across China and brought up difficult auestions about the thecause"Guilin tops the world in landscape"is a well-accepted saying for Chinese people. Guilin is a city and tourist resort in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and attracts many people because of its charming beauty,     

Journey to the West

For as long as I can remember,my dad had talked of the jewel in China's western territory,Tibet Autonomous Region.As a student of international relations and Chinese,I have been living in China for the past three years.Tibet was a region I was desperate to see but its remoteness and my inability to find the right time to go delayed my journey.After a few e-mails back and forth with my dad,who is based in the UK.     

China''''s Cool Handling of Avian Flu

ON January 27, 2004, the China National Avian Flu Reference Lab confirmed that in Dingdang Town, Long'an County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region a duck had died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza. In contrast to the SARS epidemic last year, this occurrence has been handled coolly and efficiently by the Chinese government and people in general.     

China＇s Cool Handling of Avian Flu

ON January 27, 2004,the China National Avian Flu Reference Lab confirmed that in Dingdang Town, Long‘an County,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region a duck had died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza. In contrast to the SARS epidemic last year, this occurrence has been handled coolly and efficiently by the Chinese government and people in general.     

Xinjiang Achieves the ＂Two Basic Universals＂

The Xishuangbanna Dai-Language News Website, the first ever website in the Dai language has gone online in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Communities of Dai, one of the 15 ethnic groups unique to Yunnan are concentrated mainly in places such as Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, and Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture. They are also distributed around most of Yunnan.     

Xiahe——a Jewel in Gansu

In a remote southwest corner of GansuProvince, five hours from Lanzhou, liesGannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Formany years I had a desire to visit the principaltown, Xiahe. 3,000 metres above sea level, it isa major centre of Buddhism and hence attractspilgrims from a wide area.I visited Xiahe in the autumn of 1997 aspart of a journey I was undertaking along the fa-bled Silk Road.I appreciated the kindness and help shown     

Cao Xianqiang： Inheritor of Ethnic Fusion

The Achang
The Achang are a trans-border ethnic minority with a population of more than 33,000, living mainly in Yunnan＇s Longchuan and Lianghe counties in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefectures while some live in Luxi and Yingjiang counties. There are also a few concentrations in Tengchong and Longling counties of Baoshan City as well as in Yunlong County of Dali Bai Autonomous Prelecture. In Myanmar, there are more than 40,000 Achangs, locally called Malntha.     

Suicide Bombers Hit Xinjiang

Terrorist attacks in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region directed at police and government buildings Aseries of terrorist attacks rocked Kuqa in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on August 10, leaving 12 people dead and four     

MEDICINE FROM THE PLATEAU

<正>The market for traditional Tibetan medicine is flourishing Born into a family of traditional Tibetan doctors in 1966,Puqung first began to serve as a doctor in his village in Baxoi County,southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region,at the tender age of 15.Two years earlier,Puqung had commenced his study by memorizing the Four Volumes of Medicine(FVM),regarded as the most systematic and complete book on Tibetan medicine.By 24,he had become a chief doctor at Qamdo Tibetan Medicine Hospital in east Tibet,a position he holds to this day.