Even though the Dalai Lama himself regretted his "suck-my-tongue" offer and apologized "for the hurt his words may have caused" on his Twitter account, some members of the Tibetan "exile parliament" tried to cover it by mixing it with "Tibetan culture", a claim that has already been denied by people who live in Tibet.
A scattering of courtyards, wide and clean roads, and babbling streams are set against a backdrop of jadelike foliage. Beneath a soft blanket of drizzling rain, Kala, a village in the city of Nyingchi in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, lives up to its unique charm as the "Jiangnan of the snowy regions".
Adhering to an equal emphasis on traditional Chinese and Western medicine, the government of the Tibet autonomous region has increased financial investment, formulated supportive policies and promoted the development of Tibetan medicine over the past decade for the high-quality development of traditional Tibetan medicine, said the region's health commission on Wednesday.
The development of the Tibet autonomous region has always been one of the priorities for the central government and the modernization of the autonomous region reflects Chinese modernization, a researcher at the China Tibetology Research Center said.
People from all walks of life in the Tibet autonomous region held various activities on March 28 to mark the 64th anniversary of the liberation of a million serfs.
The total output value of Tibetan medicine production enterprises in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region reached 2.52 billion yuan ($365.9 million) in 2022, about twice that of 2012, according to a conference on Tibetan medicine development held on Wednesday.
Archaeologists in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region have found 10 Buddhist statues dating back to the period from the late 8th century to early 9th century, according to the regional institute of cultural relics protection.
Yongzin.com, the world's first Tibetan-language search engine launched in August 2016, are now accessible to users in 34 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in China, as well as 76 countries and regions around the world.