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Lhasa to Open First Five-Star Cinema HOT

Feb 04, 2010

A 5-star cinema currently under construction at the Lebailong Mall on Baerku Lu in Lhasa is scheduled to open in April. The cinema will be able to accommodate up to 676 viewers, providing 6 screens, one of which will support 3D films. Trilingual staff ...... Read More>>

Lhasa Flight Ticket Prices Go up, Coach Prices Don’t HOT

Jan 15, 2010

The ticket prices of the coach buses remain unchanged even though the passengers flow in Tibet has begun to increase as the Spring Festival and the Tibetan New Year draws closer. There are about 20 coaches running from Lhasa to Shannan, Shigatse and Naqu ...... Read More>>

Air China Promotes Lhasa Winter Tours HOT

Nov 24, 2009

November to March is generally a good time to tour Tibet. Therefore, Air China is promoting self-guided winter tours to Lhasa. The tour package includes round-trip tickets from Chongqing to Lhasa, accommodation and one-way free shuttle bus tickets, costing ...... Read More>>

Mailing Ban of Listed Items Lifted HOT

Oct 14, 2009

The mailing ban of the nine listed items is lifted in Lhasa. Starting from October 11th, citizens can mail items including knives, liquid, gas, powder, electrics, and metals, etc.... Read More>>

Jewelry Museum of Lhasa Potala Palace to be Opened to the Public Soon HOT

Jul 28, 2009

The Jewelry Museum of Lhasa Potala is going to be opened to the public soon. It is a three floor building with a total area of 2000 square meters, located in Snow city which is located at the foot of Potala Palace. The total investment into this museum has ...... Read More>>

Lhasa Xuedun Festival to be held Aug 20th to 26th HOT

Jul 28, 2009

The Lhasa Xuedun Festival of Tibet will be held from Aug 20th to 26th, 2009. Norbulingka Tibetan opera shows, traditional race track activities, Dangjiren horses races from Dangxiong Town of Lhasa, a series of programs for the Shanghai Expo in Tibet Week, ...... Read More>>

Tibet Starts Building 5th Civil Airport HOT

May 08, 2009

Tibet Wednesday started construction on its fifth civil airport in the southwest China's autonomous region, according to local authorities. The government would invest a total RMB 480 million (70 million U.S. dollars) in the airport in Xigaze, the ...... Read More>>

Guangzhou-Tibet Flights Resume

Apr 15, 2009

China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. rusumed the flight course Guangzhou-Chongqing-Lhasa on April 7 because of the increasing passenger flow. Since the beginning of this month, more and more tourists come to the Tibet Autonomous Region and July as well as ...... Read More>>

Tibet re-opens to foreign tourists from April HOT

Apr 03, 2009

News from the Tibetan Tourism Bureau is that from April 2009 Tibet will be re-opened to foreign tourists, as well as to tourists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau. It is understood that with the reopening of Namu Lake, which is regarded as the "lake in the ...... Read More>>

Lhasa to be built into international tourist city HOT

Mar 27, 2009

Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, will be built into an international tourist city highlighting its unique plateau and ethnic characteristics. According to the Overall Plan for Lhasa (2009-2020) approved by the State Council, it ...... Read More>>

Expanded airport network to make plateau more accessible HOT

Mar 27, 2009

Visiting remote parts of Tibet will be easier in the future as the region is expected to have five civil airports by 2010, a senior official said. The government will pour more than RMB 3 billion ($440,000) into the projects. The airport in Nyingchi ...... Read More>>

Preparation for Serfs Emancipation Day HOT

Mar 27, 2009

Workers set up the structure of a rostrum in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 22, 2009. Celebrations will be held on March 28 in Lhasa to mark the first Serfs Emancipation Day, which falls on March 28. Content and photo ...... Read More>>

Peach blossom attracts tourists HOT

Mar 27, 2009

Nyingchi Peach Blossom Festival in the Tibet Autonomous Region that opened on March 15 has attracted many tourists from home and abroad as it gets warmer. Content and photo From: China Tibet Information Center... Read More>>

Book recording veteran military officer in Tibet to debut in March HOT

Mar 11, 2009

"Zhang Jingwu and the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet", a picture album in Enlgish, introducing Zhang Jinwu and his great work in his 15 years' stay in Tibet, is to face readers with a large amount of precious high-quality photos in March 2009. Currently, if ...... Read More>>

China's first website on Tibet human rights launched HOT

Mar 11, 2009

China's first website featuring Tibet human rights (http://en.tibet328.cn/) is launched in Beijing on March 9 for celebrating the 50th anniversary of democratic reforms in Tibet. Entitled "Tibet Human Rights", the website aims at systematically introducing ...... Read More>>

Repair of 450-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monastery to finish by year end HOT

Mar 11, 2009

China will conclude the third round of large-scale renovations on the Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province by the end of 2009, said a monastery official here Monday. Two of the four temples, the Great Temple of Golden Tiles and Jiujian ...... Read More>>

Tibetan ancient culture shining HOT

Mar 11, 2009

Tibet relevant government invested RMB 330 million to maintain the Potala Palace, Norbu Lingka and the Sakya Monastery which will be completed in the second half of 2009. At present, the Potala Palace and Norbu Lingka have been listed as world cultural ...... Read More>>

Official: Grand celebrations to be held on Serfs Emancipation Day in Beijing, Lhasa HOT

Mar 11, 2009

Grand celebrations will be held on March 28 to mark Serfs Emancipation Day in Lhasa and Beijing, Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet regional government, said on Thursday. The setting of Serfs Emancipation Day is welcomed in Tibet, where 95 percent of ...... Read More>>

300 limited-edition Tibetan Barbies on show HOT

Mar 11, 2009

300 limited-edition Tibetan Barbies are shown at the Gonggar Airport of Lhasa with the price of 3,000 yuan per one. All these Tibetan Barbies named "Fu Ximei" are designed by Europeans with eyes made in Germany, hair made in Japan. They all dressed in ...... Read More>>

New Year celebrations vary in different parts of Tibet HOT

Mar 06, 2009

Tibetans living in various parts of southwest China's Tibet have different time arrangements and customs for the Tibetan Losar (new year). Lhasa As for the Tibetan New Year in Lhasa, the preparatory stage is considered the most distinctive in feature. Just ...... Read More>>

‘Story of Tibetan serfs’ shown on CCTV HOT

Mar 06, 2009

A documentary named "Story of Tibetan serfs" was shown on CCTV-4 at 22:00 on March 5th to mark the 50th anniversary of the region's Democratic Reform. The documentary exposed the dark society of feudal serfdom under theocratic ruling, the miserable life of ...... Read More>>

Potala Palace repairs to complete late 2009 HOT

Feb 27, 2009

A RMB 330 million (48 million U.S. dollars) preservation project on the Potala Palace, Norbu Lingka Palace and Sagya Monastery, three of the most important relics in Tibet, are expected to be completed late this year.The work began in 2002. The Potala ...... Read More>>

China's first Tibetan-Chinese-English Electronic Dictionary available HOT

Feb 27, 2009

Luozang Tibetan-Chinese-English Electronic Dictionary is China's first of its kind. It contains the glossary of 34 Tibetan-Chinese-English dictionaries, covering Tibetan medicine, Tibetan food, Tibetan Buddhism, folklore, etc, with Tibetan-Chinese-English ...... Read More>>

Tibetan New Year around the corner HOT

Feb 06, 2009

The Tibetan New Year of 2009 is on Feb. 25th and it will last for 15 days. Now festive goods are sold in the Chongsaikang market, such as sapodilla, dried meat and more. ... Read More>>

First TD base station in Lhasa completed and in use HOT

Feb 06, 2009

On Jan. 17th 2009, the Tibet China Mobile TD base station was completed and the first TD call was successfully gotten through. It is the first TD base station in Lhasa completed and in use, which means Tibet has entered the 3G era. ... Read More>>

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