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China is said to be spending billions of dollars to modernize Tibet. (AFP Photo)

Tightening bolts one by one, Chinese workers build a bridge to span the Lhasa River -- just north of the famed Potala Palace. It is part of the Tibet to Qinghai Railway that will link Tibet's isolated hinterland with China's booming heartland.

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Today the Swiss Tibet Support Groups submitted a petition to the Swiss Parliament and Government which was signed by more than 23'000 people from all parts of the country.

Jet Li (File photo/Courtesy iVillage.co.uk)

Lights, Camera, Tashi Delek. He is famous for his fast moves in those fight sequels in Hollywood and Chinese movies. Mel Gibson could not stop himslef from appreciating the pace of this short statured Asian star in the movie, Lethal Weapon IV.

The past two days were marked with an apparent cloud of tension over the Assembly of the Tibetan People's Deputies' sixth session. The Tibetan Parliament saw a much-awaited relief today after Deputy Sonam Topgyal

China is working hard to seek the approval of UNESCO to have age-old Tibetan Opera listed as a"Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity".

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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has said that the survival of the Tibetan identity is an issue of urgent U.S. and international concern and therefore self-determination for Tibetans must be a priority in the US-China relationship.