This photo taken on June 16, 2003 shows the new terminal at the Gonggar Airport, 100 kilometers away from Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Some 323.49 million yuan is invested on the ongoing expansion project of the airport, which was started in early 2001 and is scheduled to be completed in December 2003.
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The Dalai Lama's delegation has returned from a visit to China, including the traditional Tibetan area of Kham now incorporated into Yunnan province, issuing a carefully-worded statement that appears to give a more cautious assessment
With Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee leaving for China on June 22, Uttaranchal has set its eyes on reopening of trade links with China through Tibet.
A rare visual exhibition of contemporary Tibetan history sponsored by The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation and The Prince's Trust, UK, opened here yesterday at The Art Gallery at 32 Dover Street, amid the soothing chanting of Tibetan
The Tibetan government has hiked admission fee to 27 major tourist destinations, including the world famous Potala Palace of the Dalai Lama, in the remote Himalayan region.
Tibetan Youth Congress, welcome the Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s visit to China. We sincerely wish the Prime Minister a good luck and pray for successful endeavour to accomplish a significant bilateral understanding between India and China.
Respected Your Excellency, On behalf of all Tibetan people, the National Democratic Party of Tibet would wholeheartedly be grateful to the People and the Government of India for their sympathetic and generous support Tibetan people
An ancient sand painting artform perfected by Tibetan monks has been demonstrated at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The art, known as mandala, is an image made from millions of grains of coloured sand laid in place on a flat platform.
When traveling the world, some Americans turn their backs on events they might consider outrageous if they happened at home. It is time to stop looking the other way, Oakland travel author Jeff Greenwald says.
