Ten years ago, Qieyang Shijie gained the honor of being the first Tibetan athlete to win an Olympic medal after claiming a bronze in the women's 20km race walking at the 2012 London Olympics.
Zhao Jindong, a national political adviser and an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has proposed the establishment of a national park at the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon in the Tibet autonomous region.
As winter wheat starts to green up, farmers across China are busy tending the crop to promote tiller development－the production of side shoots－with the hopes of offsetting the impact of flood-delayed planting and having a good summer harvest.
Near the meeting of the Nyangchu and Thanchu rivers in Shigatse, Tibet autonomous region, Chakar village is an altogether fitting home for a married couple of different ethnicities.
The Market Supervision Bureau of the Tibet autonomous region recovered 11 million yuan ($1.8 million) for consumers last year as the region emphasized the protection of consumer rights, officials said at a news conference observing the 39th World Consumer Rights Day on Tuesday.
The sounds of roaring machines broke the tranquility of the plateau city of Shannan, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, as the annual spring farming ceremony was held there Wednesday.
Dressed in their newest and best traditional attire, Tibetan farmers in the villages of Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, participated in annual ceremonies on Wednesday to mark the start of this year's plowing season.
