In early July, Tianjin University announced it would set up a series of student practice bases at three primary schools, one science training academy for the youths and teens, and one senior middle school in the city of Shigatse, Tibet autonomous region.
Shi Hongqing, 52, once dreamed of travelling across Eurasia by bike, but he changed his mind upon his arrival in Lhasa, the capital city of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, out of pure love for the public welfare cause.
Over the past two decades, 11,751 college graduates have served in different sectors of the Tibet autonomous region, contributing to its overall development, regional authorities said on Wednesday.
Over the past two decades, 11,751 college graduates have served in different sectors of the Tibet autonomous region, contributing to its overall development, regional authorities said at a news conference in Lhasa on Wednesday.
Prior to the peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951, women in the region were deprived of fundamental human rights, lacking any substantial guarantees or protections of their rights.
To celebrate Losar, or the Tibetan New Year, which fell on Feb 21 this year, residents of Tuiwa, one of the highest villages in the world at an altitude of 5,070 meters, gathered at the frozen Puma Yumco Lake, under the dim light of dawn, to cut through the ice and scoop up the first ladle of the holy water and pray for good luck in the coming year. Then, they joined hands, formed a circle, singing and dancing.
Chinese scientists who have measured the thickness of snow atop Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, using ground-penetrating radar said the mean depth estimates are 9.5 meters at the summit, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 meters.