My Dream Sustains Colorful Lives——China Disabled Persons' Performing Art Troupe

"We performed in the Carnegie Hall in New York City. Builders of the hall could not have dreamed that this premier venue for performing arts in the world would play host to us, a group of special performing artists from China. The audiences were enthralled, seeing the charms of the artists from the orient for the first time," says Zhang Jigang, art director of the China Disabled Persons' Performing Art Troupe (CDPPAT), head of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the only dancer in China to have won the Century Star title.     

Ensuring a Safe Tibet

China is determined to maintain social stability and order in Tibet despite recent rioting in Lhasa March 17 was a normal workday for Deyang,Principal of the Jipenggang Primary School in Lhasa,capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. Seeing all 100 teachers and most of the 1,500 students,accompanied by their parents,     

习近平主席向“2019·中国西藏发展论坛”致贺信（英文）

正President Xi Jinping sent a letter of congratulations to the Forum on the Development of Tibet that was held in 2019 in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.2019 marks the 70 th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 60 th anniversary of the campaign of democratic reform in Tibet, Xi     

Tudeng Kezhu:Professor from“Roof of the World”

It was in March 2003. I had the honor to meet a Tibetan young man coming from the snow-capped plateau. Slim and tall, he looked delicate and easy in manners. Wearing a pair of glasses, his eyes were bright and shining. Born in a pasture in the Qamdo area of Tibet, he speaks fluent Han language, revealing that he received higher education in the Han-inhabited area. He is Tudeng Kezhu, now serving as the deputy dean and associate professor of the Economics Department of Tibet University in Lhasa and came to Beijing for the first session of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).     

A Song ofHope

正The humbling story of four visually impaired Tibetan children hits the big screen Thupten is a 10-year-old boy living in Lhasa,southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region,partially sighted in one eye and blind in the other.His doctor says that there is a chance he could completely lose his sight,but that there is an operation that     

A HISTORIC LEAP

正Tibet shakes off absolute poverty When Polish-born Chinese journalist Israel Epstein went to Lhasa for the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region in 1965, there were only a few special flights to the Roof of the World, mostly by veteran military pilots. And it was a no-fly zone for helicopters due to the bad weather and complicated terrain.     

Lighting up the Darkness

SABRIYE Tenberken is a household name in Lhasa,the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region where she founded a school for the blind 13 years ago. Her reputation spread to the rest of the nation in 2009,when she was elected one of the "ten most inspiring people in China" for that year.     

The Doctor on Horseback

正Wu Tianyi, an 86-year-old medical expert and Communist Party of China(CPC) member, has lived and worked on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for over half a century. The plateau, the highest in the world known as the "third pole of the world," covers the entire Tibet Autonomous Region and parts of other surrounding administrative areas. Wu, the founding father of China’s altitude sickness medication, has dedicated his professional life to the research on this particular type of sickness.     

A Homecoming

正I first met Dorje Tseten on his daily circumambulation,the ritual of circling a Tibetan Buddhist holy site and praying,along Lingkhor,the sacred path in Lhasa,capital of Tibet Autonomous Region.While he no longer has the agility of his youth,the 84 year old insists on performing his prayer wheel ritual every day.On completion he takes the bus home."I have the card for senior citizens that entitles me to free bus travel,"he said.Dorje Tseten returned to Lhasa from a decades-long exile in 1999.He left     

Furious About Rude Insults

Incensed by biased Western media coverage of the riots in Lhasa,Chinese people have taken to the streets abroad to protest Western media coverage of the Olympic torch disruptions and riots in Tibet has angered ordi- nary Chinese people. Cable News Network(CNN)in the United States has come under particular criticism.Chinese people lambasted CNN for twice referring to the Tibet Autonomous     

A Witness＇s Account of Changes in Tibet＇s Human Rights Conditions

After riots that occurred on March 14, 2008 in Lhasa, Tibet, the China Central Television Station broadcast a documentary film titled Tibet＇s Past shot years ago by the Central Newsreel ＆ Documentary Film Studio about the miserable life of serfs under Tibet＇s feudal serf system before a democratic reform was carried out in the region. The documentary stunned many people. It helps people see through the reactionary and corrupt nature of the Dalai clique.     

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…     

Chinese Green Cards Go Ahead

THE otherwise happy and fulfilling life of Canadian Louise Cadieux is marred by the nagging worry that she may not be able to get to her octogenarian mother in Canada at short notice, should the need arise. Louise is currently language consultant at the French Edition of China Today, and has lived and worked in China for 10 years. She explains, "I hold an annually extendable Foreigners' Residen-     

The Messenger of Dao

From a literary point of view, the year 2006 was controversial, eventful and prolific. Certain scholars said that contemporary writers lack both real life experience and artistic rigor. An Internet debate between writers born in the 1980s and their seniors ensued. Support for both     

SAY A LITTLE HARVEST PRAYER

Farmers in a village in Lhasa City,Tibet Autonomous Region,participate in an annual ceremony marking the start of plowing season.Against the brisk backdrop of early spring,villagers gathered in the fields to say their prayers,enjoy some butter tea and barley wine,sing and dance to express their hopes for a good harvest.     

TheValue of Art

<正>Traditional art forms become a vehicle to improve Tibetan lives Loten regards 2013 as the year that changed his life.It was when his artistic dream was realized and love came a-calling.The young Tibetan hails from Cijiaolin,a village in Lhasa,capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region."[Now]I can have a daytime job while     

Tibetan Religious Culture——Speech at ASEM5 People’s Forum in Hanoi,Vietnam

My name is Nyima Tshering.I am speaking on behalf of the China Association for Pres-ervation and Development of Tibetan Culture.Mytopic is Tibetan religious culture.I am a Tibetan monk from the Jokhang Mon-astery in Lhasa of Tibet as well as council mem-ber of the China Association for Preservation andDevelopment of Tibetan Culture.As a Tibetanmonk I feel greatly honoured to discuss Tibetanculture and religions with you.Located in the southwest of China,Tibet lieson the Qinghai-Tib…     

Tibet Benefiting From Regional Autonomy

Violent crimes involving beating, smashing,looting and burning have occurred in Lhasa,capital of Tibet Autonomous Region,and neighboring Qinghai,Gansu and Sichuan provinces in mid-March.Sufficient evidence shows that the riots were organized,premedi- tated,masterminded and incited by the Dalai Lama clique.For example,the Tibetan Youth Congress,a hardline organization under the Dalai Lama's supporters that openly preaches violence,made a statement on March 10 this year saying that they would fight for"the independence of Tibet"defying death and sacrifices.     

“Golden Bridge”for Tibetan People——How the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is Being Built

Aplateau railway, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, will run across the "roof of the world" with an average elevation of more than 4,000 meters. The railway, the highest in altitude in the world, will terminate in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. This steel artery is likened to a "golden bridge" on the great plateau. For the Tibetan people, the "golden bridge" leads to Beijing and to a better life.