The Mountain Summit Auspicious Clouds and Dreams—Recapping the Moment of the Olympic Torch Relay Leg at the Mt.Qomolangma

The Beijing leg of the 2008 Olympic torch relay be-gan in spring.Along with the citizens in other cities,we were longing for a distinctive and stun-ning torch relay in terms of the route and the many colorful cer-emonial activities. The unprecedented plan to ex-tend the torch relay to Mt. Qomolangma will surely attract at-tention from all over the world.It     

LHUNDRUP TSOMO Gets a New House—One of a series of stories of Lhundrup Tsomo

In the middle of the 1980s the Chinese Government launched a campaign of poverty relief entitled the"Eight-Seven Plan to Attack Poverty".Later scholars from the China Tibetology Research Center followed the implementation of the plan by conducting comprehensive academic studies.Subsequently, scholars closely observed the family of Lhundrup Tsomo and her community,Chundul Village in Lhundrup County of Lhasa,for ten years.In this paper and others to come,a series of"Lhundrup Tsomo's stories:Studies in the ...     

Fourteen Years of Glory——An Interview With NPC Vice-Chairman Radi

Editor‘s Note: Radi, a Tibetan, was born in August 1938 in Biru County, Tibet. He is a vice-chairman of the NPC Standing Committee.A serf in old Tibet, he was a Tibetan leader from 1975 to 2003. We interviewed him at the end of 2003,and he talked about changes that have taken place in Tibet in the past 14 years.     

LHUNDRUP TSOMO Gets a New Shrine-One of a series of stories of Lhundrup Tsomo（2）

In 2007, Lhundrup Tsomo＇s family added a new shrine, while the old picture of Chairman Mao Zedong, which was originally posted on the wall of her old house, was moved and re-pasted in a central position on the wall of the new house. Obviously,     

MINISTER ON BUIL DING OF THE QINGHAI-TIBET RAILWAY——AN INTERVIEW WITH RAILWAY VICE-MINISTER SUN YONGFU

Editor＇s Note：Sun Yongfu is now vice-minister of railways. In 1962, when he graduated from the Department of Bridges and Tunnels of the Changsha Railway Institute of Hunan Province, he was assigned to work in the Zhengzhou Railway Bureau. In a survey of the bearing capacity of railway bridges, he examined bridges one by one from Zhengzhou in Henan Province to Wuhan in Hubei Province. On this basis, he produced the studies that made him famous and led to his promotion as one of the senior technical personnel. In the ensuing years, he participated in construction of a number of railways, including the Sichuan-Guizhou, Guizhou- Kunming, Chengdu-Kunming and Hunan-Guizhou lines. He also participated in the China-aided construction of the railway between Tanzania and Zambia. In 1984, Sun was promoted to be vice-minister of railways and was put in charge of national planning and construction. He presided over the construction of some 10,000 km of trunk line, including the Beijing-Kowloon, Datong-Qinhuangdao, Nanning-Kunming and Hengyang-Guangzhou railways. In early 2001, Premier Zhu Rongji proposed Sun to be the deputy head of the leading group for the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, taking charge of the routine work. In the document Premier Zhu signed, Sun was allowed to enjoy treatment due to a minister （instead of a vice-minister）. On June 29, 2001, when the inauguration ceremony for construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was held in Lhasa,     

WHEN THE TIBETAN GARUDA MEETS HARLEY-DAVIDSON

正When Tibetan Harley bikers are together, they are always confused whose phone is ringing, as all of them have the same ringtone:the revving of a motorcycle engine.Having a nice horse was and is a luxury and source of pride for a Tibetan nomad on the grassland, butin a city like Lhasa, some consider riding a Harley to be the new fashion.A mix of Harley and Tibetan culture,the Tibetan Harley team known as the"Garuda"is an eye-catching scene in the ancient streets of Lhasa.     

AN ANCIENT NINE-STOREY TOWER IN THE SAMKHAR GUTHOK MONASTERY——An Archeological Study in Lhozhag

Samkhar Guthok, a famous and historic monastery, is situated in a mountain valley in Sai Town of Lhozhag County where it is an isolated paradise surrounded by thick forest and a splendid landscape. In order to take a panoramic picture of the sunrise over the Samkhar Guthok Monastery, the archeological team got up very early, accompanied by Lozang, the director of the Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs for Lhozhag County, and climbed to the top of a mountain where the ancient monastery could be easily seen from above. The view before us was unique and magnificent.     

WILDLIFE PROTECTION FIELD WORK IN CHANGTANG

<正>"It breaks my heart looking at the door of my house!"In the guest house of Gumu Township government,a local herdsman was trying to describe for us how his home was wrecked by a brown bear.Inside the room,the smell of mutton and butter lingered in the air.Outside,there was the perfectly typical blue sky of Tibet.It was already June,but the weather was still chilly and windy on the Changtang grassland.The down jacket I put away only a month ago     

'Chairman Mao Has Sent His Men Here'——Eyewitness to the Founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region

I have known old Toinzhub foryears. After only one meeting, heseemed to sense what was on mymind and could always talk aboutmy favorite subject. A day passesby slowly along with his sips of liquorand his vivid and detailed narration.That noon, I met the old man in thecourtyard and invited him to have a drinkand chat in my home. As the liquor tookhold, he began to talk freely of the eventsof the past forty years.In 1965, when the Tibet AutonomousRegion was founded, he was 21 and wasstudying …     

MY MUCH-BELOVED SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES——An Interview with Lozang Gyaltsen,the Party Secretary of the Southwest University for Nationalities

The Southwest College for Nationalities was founded in July 1950 and was formally established on June 1st,1951.The college was renamed the Southwest University for Nationalities with the approval of the China Ministry of Education on April 16th,2003. On June 1st,2011,the university is going to celebrate its 60th anniversary.Having completed 60 years of hard work and won success through strenuous efforts and a creative approach with generations of students,the university has realized its dreams and glorie...     

如牧:牧人出身的图书馆长

May 18 of 2013 was World Museum Day.It was on this day the preparatory office of the soonto-be-established Tibetan Yak Museum held a fundraising event at the venue's construction site.The function was themed"Appreciation for Yak Memories and Their Creations."A Tibetan man hurriedly came on stage and then donated a pair of yak leather bags.     

A Patriotic Living Buddha——Story of the 5th Living Buddha Geda

Geda was born into a serf‘s family in Garze County, Sichuan Province in 1903. At the age of seven, however, when the 4th Living Buddha of the Baili Monastery passed away, he was chosen as his soul boy and thus became the 5th Living Buddha.     

Building a Railway in Tibet

At the invitation by relevant departments of the Central Government, Galoon Lhalu Cewang Dorje led a delegation of over 50 people in August 1955 to attend the 6th National Day celebrations. Afterwards, the group was interviewed by leaders of the Central Government including Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, etc. at Zhongnanhai.Chairman Mao asked Lhalu, "Are you afraid of Democratic Reform in Tibet?" Lhalu replied, "Yes. I am afraid of that." Chairman Mao continued, "Don't be afraid. We will certainly ensure your livelihood and ameliorate people's poor     

GLOBAL HISTORY,ENTANGLED AREAS,CULTURAL CONTACTS–AND THE ANCIENT WORLD

正Intertwined Institutions:Slavery as an Example While Global History and Entangled History are nowadays very much focused on modern times,there is a central area in which ancient history has set the pace for research since the 18th century:slavery.Slavery was common in many parts of the world up to the 19th century,it connected regions that were far apart,and it had drastic repercussions on both the"delivering"and the"receiving"areas.The     

THREE GENERRTIONS OF ROAD Maintenance WORKERS

April 2005 was the charming spring season in China'shinterland, but the snowflakes still flew in the airalong the section of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway inthe northern plateau of Tibet.Braving the frozen wind and snow we gathered material reportsalong this section, and respectfully listened to the stories of theroad maintenance workers.Yang Zhanfu, deputy head of the Yinshiping Road Section,said: "In 1953, my father entered Tibet driving a camel. At thattime, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway was …     

LOOKING FOR THE WHITE-LIPPED DEER

The white-lipped deer lives on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.As a creature of strength and cunning,it is both mighty and meek.Also known as"Shawa Quxa"by Tibetan people, the white-lipped deer has a large body,similar to a red deer or sambar. As a unique species on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,it has white fur around its lips and on its jaw,hence the name. In October of 2011,I was assigned to work in a remote place,a village     

THE RETURN OF THE TIBETAN RED DEER

The Tibetan Red Deer(Cervus canadensis wallichi) is also called the Sikkim red deer and is pronounced "xiawa" in the Tibetan language.It is a special member of the red deer family and a unique species to the Tibet Autonomous Region.The Tibetan red deer was first discovered by scientists about 150 years ago.Because of its status in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora as being endangered,the Tibetan red deer was listed before the white-lipped deer,which is under first-level key     

“THE MOST FASCINATING TOUR OF A LIFETIME”——A Trip to Tibet by Mr.& Mrs.Naisbitt

<正>From September 6~(th) to 11~(th),2009,80-year-old John Naisbitt,a famous futurist and the author of books respectively entitled Megatrends,Asia's Megatrends and China's Megatrends,together with his wife Doris who was also his co-author on the"Roof of the World",visited the holy city of Lhasa.Thus was a long-time dream finally realized. Though this was their first trip to Tibet,they have had a profound attraction to Tibet.     

The Tibetan Ieg of the Olympic Torch Relay

As scheduled,the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relayed its Lhasa journey on June 21~(st).The relay in Tibet had 156 torch bearers including 75 Tibetans and covered 9.3 kilometers.