Tibet Autonomous Region

9 Dec 2012

Police have detained a Tibetan monk and his nephew in southwestern China for inciting eight people to set themselves on fire in anti-Chinese protests, the official Xinhua news agency said on...

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Students in Tibet to receive schooling on 'national territory awareness'

6 Dec 2012

Hong Kong has put national education on the backburner, but in Tibet, it is being reformed and revamped.

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Replaced chief moves to Hebei

29 Aug 2011

Zhang Qingli, replaced three days ago as party chief of the sometimes-restive region of Tibet, was yesterday appointed to oversee the central province of Hebei, the latest in a series of...

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Foreign tourists to be barred from Tibet

8 Mar 2011

Foreign tourists will be banned from Tibet this month, the region's top Communist Party leader has confirmed, saying it is for their safety.

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Authorities renew push to develop poor west

8 Jul 2010

A renewed 10-year programme to develop the mainland's vast but poor western region should be more successful than the first go-west programme, launched a decade ago, because the central...

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In Brief

20 Jun 2009

Corrupt police chief stripped of CPPCC membership

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Beijing pledges to keep Tibet's economy afloat with investments

The central government has vowed to keep Tibet's economy afloat by making huge state investments, Xinhua reported ahead of the Tibetan New Year today.

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Tibet to reopen for tour groups

Tibet will be open to tour groups from Hong Kong and Taiwan from Thursday for the first time since the deadly unrest in Lhasa last month, Xinhua said yesterday.

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Region to reopen doors to tourists on May 1

Tibet will reopen to tourists on May 1 after a six-week lockdown triggered by the deadly riots in its capital Lhasa , the regional tourism authority said yesterday.

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Tibet's chief criticises mobs for violence

Blame laid on 'Dalai Lama clique'

The head of the Tibetan regional government condemned the cruelty of mobs responsible for the violence in Lhasa on Friday, as state media broadcast...

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Tourists tell of Lhasa lockdown

Gunfire broke out again in parts of Lhasa overnight on Saturday, while house-to-house searches and signs of massive deployment of troops added to the climate of fear in the Tibetan capital,...

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Palace ticket prices adjusted

Visitors to Lhasa's Potala Palace will be charged different entry prices for peak and off-peak seasons, the China News Service reported yesterday.

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