First-ever Tibetan laughter show launched

Tibet Motion Pictures & Arts, a filmmaking venture started by two trained exile Tibetan filmmakers, Tashi Wangchuk and Tsultrim Dorjee, launched its latest project

Tibet to receive 2.6 million tourists in 2006

Chinese-occupied Tibet received 591,200 tourists in the first half of 2006 with a tourism income of 516 million yuan (about US$ 64.5 million). Champa Phuntsok, chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) announced

China’s Rise to World Power Status: A Critique

China has inaugurated its rail link to Lhasa with pomp and show. It is undoubtedly a technological marvel, though one that will be difficult to maintain over the long term. The new railway line is ostensibly designed to open up Tibet