A new land port linking Letse in Drongba county of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, and Nechung in Mustang county of Nepal was officially opened on Monday.
The county of Damxung, meaning "carefully selected pasture" in Tibetan language, is located at the southern foothill of the Nyainqentanglha Range, with an average elevation of about 4,200 meters.
An official of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region on Friday denounced the claim of so-called "forced vocational training" in the region, alleged by certain foreign institutions, as pure vilification.
No political, group or violent terrorist incidents have occured in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region for years, said the head of the regional government on Friday.
Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region has taken the lead in the country in establishing a 15-year publicly-funded education system from kindergarten all the way up to senior high school, a senior official said Friday.
