Shanghai -- China＇s Most Internationalized Metropolis

SHANGHAI was a humble fishing village in the 11th century during the Northern Song Dynasty. The area expanded into an agricultural hinterland and cotton and silk industry center during the Ming Dynasty （1368-1644）. During this period its trading potential as a deepwater port at the mouth of the Yangtze River was exploited. Shanghai became an international port and center of finance during the latter half of the 19th century. In its heyday, Shanghai was the acknowledged Eastern adventurer＇s paradise. By the 1920s it had become the point of convergence for merchants from France, Britain, Germany and the United States.     

Two Projects Improve Life in the Tibetan Area of Sichuan

In September 2008 a group of people came into the tent of the nomadic herder Cheba pitched on the summer pasture of Lhagong Grassland in the Tibetan area of Sichuan Province.The visitors looked around,commented,asked questions and discussed among themselves before leaving.Cheba noticed that one in particular showed concern and urgency.     

PRESERVATION AND PROSPERITY

正Traditional arts contribute to poverty alleviation in Tibet Tsamjo, a former farm worker, is from Tsethang in Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China. The town is known for a traditional art that goes back for centuries, serge weaving. Soft, durable and static free, the Tsethang serge, a kind of cashmere unique to the area, is considered to be the finest of all Tibetan fabrics. It dates back to the Tang Dynasty(618-907) and was used to make the robes of the nobles because of its ornate patterns and elaborate weaving that takes 18 procedures.     

西藏现代公共文化服务体系中的藏戏传承（英文）

正Tibetan opera,an intangible cultural heritage important to the life,festivals and religious activities of Tibetans,was included in 2009 on the UNESCO world oral intangible cultural heritage list,an indication of its cultural value and the urgency to see it passed on.The central and local government have made preserving Tibetan opera a priority,and a more systematic,stable mechanism for its inheritance is being proposed.     

Think Globally,Act Locally

<正>Four years since the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative,also known as the Belt and Road Initiative,was put forward,various regions in China have leveraged their advantages to support its implementation.As its initiator,China has exemplif ied how this vision will be turned into reality.Northwest China was on the ancient Silk Road routes.The region is a key area of the Silk Road Economic Belt,as it is a hub     

Saving Ancient Tibetan Calligraphy

正An inheritor keeps a demanding traditional craft alive By Xinhua A’ang Jiancuo,46,is one of the inheritors of the De’ang Sazhi style of Tibetan calligraphy,which originated from the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Golog in northwest China’s Qinghai Province.The unique art form was enlisted into the national intangible cultural heritage of China in 2011.     

Reconstruction Setting Out

The first phase of earthquake relief,in which rescuing lives was the priority,finished 12 days after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in northwest China's Qinghai Province on April 14,and reconstruction of the area is now ready to begin.     

THE FIRST,THE TOP,THE LEADING,THE MOST——Garze HAS THEM ALL

The first regional ethnic autonomous prefecture in China
The People＇s Government of Xikang Tibetan Autonomous Region was founded on November 24, 1950. The first regional ethnic autonomous power after the founding of People＇s Republic of China, it was later restructured as a prefecture. Sangjiyuexi （Tianbao） was its chairman, with Xiakedaodeng, Awangjiacuo and Luosangqinba serving as vice-chairmen. Of all the 28 places on the regional committee,     

A Story of Tension

<正>The downing of a Russian fighter plane sets off a number of chain reactions By Hichem Karoui On November 24,a Russian Su-24 fighter jet was flying at an altitude of 6,000meters when it was hit by an air-to-air missile.The plane then crashed into a mountainous area of a Syrian province near the Turkish border.     

Promoting the Development of Tibetan Medicine

Last July, 2000 International Academic Conference on Tibetan Medicine was held in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. The attention this ancient medical system has received indicates its great value to mankind. Foreign scholars attending the conference commented that Tibetan medicine has a bright future with the support from the Chinese government. October marks the 50th anniversary of the Chinese Volunteers participation in the Korean War. Fifty years ago, in the name of the…     

PRIORITY PRACTICES

Under the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic,Hainan Province must give priority to opening up and institutional innovation to build itself into a free trade port with a new open economic system boasting both Chinese characteristics and inter national competitiveness.Service-oriented economy The most pressing task is to make breakthroughs in its transformation into a serviceoriented economy.The weak industrial foundation is the main stumbling block in the development of the Hainan Free Trade Port.For example,in 2019,the added value of Hainan's hi-tech industry was less than one 30th of Beijing's.     

Land of Blessings

<正>Fuzhou is currently reaching back into its long history to re-establish its links to the maritime Silk Road,placing a special emphasis on tourism.The abundance of blue skies,clean air,clear waters and green mountains give the city and its environs a great deal to experience.With the theme of"Refreshing Fujian,"and a city name that means"Land of Blessings,"the area has much to offer visitors.Most international tourists have a familiar itinerary when they come to China     

The Lunar New Year Dharma Assembly at Labrang Lamasery

Labrang Lamasery is located in Xiahe County,Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Gansu Province.The lamasery is well known for its grand architecture,its fine collection of books and documents,and a history of more than 300years.As one of the six major lamaseries of Tibetan Buddhism＇s Gelug（Yellow hat ）sect,Labrang serves as the largest religious and cultural center for the Tibetan people of Gansu,Qinghai and Sichuan.     

Guests from the Riga Bay

IN April when spring was in the air, the delegation of theUnited Latvian Friendship Societies with Foreign Countries(ULFSFC) headed by its president Inese Tomase paid a visit toChina. Located on the Riga Bay on the east coast of the BalticSea, the Republic of Latvia has an area of 64,589 squarekilometers with a population of 2.6 million people. Its capitalis Riga. On August 22, 1991, Latvia was separated from theformer Soviet Union and proclaimed restoration of its inde-pendence. The Latvian Friendship Societies with Foreign Countries,formerly a branch of the Union of Societies for Friendship andCultural Relations with Foreign Countries of the U.S.S.R., be-came ULFSFC after 1991. Inese Tomase was elected its firstpresident. This delegation of ULFSFC, the first one invited by     

Jampa Tiley, a Renowned Doctor of Tibetan Medicine

Special Reports:Tibetan Medicine in the 21st CenturyJAMPA Tiley, 69, is the president of the Academy of Tibetan Medicine of Tibet, deputy director of the Department of Public Health of Tibet Autonomous Region, and vice-chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology. Jampa was born in December 1929 into a family of Tibetan doctors in Lhasa. Both his father and grandfather were famous doctors. Jampa began to study the Tibetan language at the age of three, and in his earl…     

SURFING THE CHINESE WAY

The Internet is playing an increasingly important role in Chinese society Computer giant Dell got into big Ctrouble in China this year when a storm erupted on the Internet over the company’s mislabeling of one of its laptop models.The scandal was ignit…     

Partners in Development

正The paired assistance policy has fuelled Tibet’s development and benefited local residents Tibetan resident Dorjee,63,is pleased with his new home.Last September,he moved into the 200-square-meter prop-erty located in Zhejiang Residential Compound in Nagqu Prefecture,Tibet Autonomous Region.This August,the area was battered by a heavy torrential rain.Yet his house,along with other new ones in his neighborhood,survived the     

LEGENDARY BUILDINGS

<正>Stories of the aged villas on Kulangsu Kulangsu,a small pedestrian-only island in southeast China’s Fujian Province,was included into the World Heritage List on July 8 for its complex of time-honored buildings,roads and landscapes.The inclusion was made at the 41st session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held     

Seeking Truth from Facts

In 1956, The Third Eye by Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, ostensibly a lama born of a wealthy Tibetan family, became a bestseller. It was the purported memoir of his life in Tibet. Prior to his death in 1981, Lobsang Rampa published 12 more books on Tibet, but none matched the success of The Third Eye. It later transpired that Lobsang Rampa was the pen