Highway Bureau Director On Highway Construction

Editor‘s Note: During the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Qinghai-Tibet and Sichuan-Tibet Highways,we interviewed Song Wangui, director of the Tibet Highway Bureau, on road conditions of the two highways and the transport situation in Tibet.     

Through Tanggula

<正>This is the origin of three of the most famous rivers in China:the Yangtze River,River Lancangjiang and Nujiang. Here,the attempt by Genghis Khan to advance into the Indian subcontinent was thwarted and crushed. This is the gateway from Qinghai Province to Tibet and the natural boundary between the administrative regions of Qinghai and Tibet. This is also the highest point on four highways into Tibet:Sichuan-Tibet,Qinghai-Tibet,Yunnan-Tibet, and Xinjiang-Tibet,as well as the highest point on the highest railway in the world. It was more than 50 years ago that the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway(China National Highway 109)was begun.The Qinghai-Tibet Railway was opened in 2006.This was the most challenging section during the constructions(due to its high elevation). Between 1991 and 2009,I drove through Tanggula four times.     

Stories About Highways in Tibet （Ⅳ）

Tibet‘s First International Highway The China-Nepal Highway is Tibet‘s only international highway. It extends 1,036 krn from Lhasa to Kathmandu, capital of Nepal. The Tibetan section extends 827 km. Construction of the highway lasted 10 years. Between March 1951 and October 20, 1955, the Lhasa-Xigaze Highway was constructed, bringing to an end a history of the Xigaze region possessing no proper roads. In 1955 the 90-km Xigaze-Gyangze section was constructed, being opened to traffic in October 1955. In 1956, the Lhasa-Yadong Highway was constructed, extending 547 km. In 1958, the Xigaze-Tingri Highway was completed, followed in 1960 by the Lhasa-Burang Highway.     

Highway Bureau Director on Highway Construction

The Qinghai-Tibet Highway experienced four renovations in the past 40 years and has now been asphalted. For the fourth renovation, some 1.17 billion Yuan was consumed. It is now a modern highway. Extending 2,100 km from Xining of Qinghai to Lhasa of Tibet, it became 1,937 km after re-working. It goes 1,400 km in Qinghai.The Xining-Golmud section crossed many mountains and many rivers,extending 782 km. The Golmud-Lhasa section crosses four mountains—Kunlun Mountains (4,700 meters), Fenghuoshan Mountain (4,800 meters),Tanggula Mountain (5,150 meters above sea level at the mouth) and Nyainqentanggula Mountain, and crossed three rivers---Tongtianhe River, Tutu River and Curmar River with an average elevation of 4,500 meters. The Highway extends 544 km in Tibet. More than 80 percent of goods were transported through the highway.     

Stories About Highways in Tibet （Ⅱ）

During the period from 1950 toearly in 1951,Chairman Mao Zedong sent a cable to Peng Dehuai, saying:“it is said that the road extending from Qinghai to Tibet is smooth and good”. On December 9, 1950, the PLA Southwest Military Area sent cable to the Central Military Commission: “It is easier to build highways from Yushu to Lhasa by way of Naqu and Qamdo than from Qamdo to Lhasa by way of the 39-Tribe and Taizhao,     

THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF SICHUAN-TIBET AND QINGHAI-TIBET HIGHWAYS

Highway traffic is lifeblood of the social and economic development in Tibet. Due to the historical and geographical factors, Tibet didnot have a formal road or a civil car before 1950. The economic exchanges relied on the backs of porters and horses.     

Further Understanding of the Local Official Post System of Tibet in the Period of the Republic of China

In the period of the Republic of China, Tibet was in a special historical period of development. The reforms in establishing a Tibetan system for appointment of official positions went through different stages. In the system of the fusion of political and religious affairs, mild reforms were carried out so as to adapt themselves to different social changes and help maintain the situation of Tibet,     

NewBooks：A Handbook of Tourism in Tibet

Have you ever been in Tibet？ Do you want to enjoy your holiday？ Why not go to Tibet, where you can see the blue Sky with flaky clouds, green hills with blossoming flowers, snowcapped mountain peaks, great rivers and beautiful lakes, dense virgin forests, Tibetan antelopes and wild yaks running in the vast grassland, picturesque villages and age-old Tibetan monasteries. All of these are just part of the beauty that can be found in Tibet. Tibet is really a lively and lovely place where one can calm down one＇s vexation and impulsiveness being transported in a whirl of clouds to a world truly apart. So don＇t hesitate about going to Tibet for a visit. There are several ways of getting to Tibet： either by air or by going overland. Many highways connect Tibet and other parts of China.     

STORIES FROM CHAMDO

正In June 2018, China's Tibet organized a group of journalists to travel to several counties within Chamdo,including such places as the city of Chamdo itself and the counties of Jomda, Gonjo, and Markham, and it was in these places that they were to conduct interviews with the local people.Despite advanced technology and convenient transportation becoming introduced to the region, Tibet is still an unknown land of mystery to many around the world.The geography of Tibet certainly does a lot to     

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 …     

Going to Tibet With the Central Government Delegation On Two Occasions

The Tibet AutonomousRegion has now been inexistence for 40 years. Iwould just like to recall someprofound memories to com-memorate this 40th anniversary of itsfoundation.Delegation Head Chen YiEntering Tibet in a JeemoVehicleIn April 1956 a very great motorcadeconsisting of more than 200 vehicles spedalong the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. Therewas a great variety of vehicles, includingJeemo, Warsaw, and others. This was thefirst Central Government Delegationgroup to enter Tibet after the li…     

DAOFU:A GO-GO COUNTY

When my car sped along the Highway No.317, which is part of the Sichuan-Tibet road, I was entranced to find I was in a fairyland. The surrounding environment was so enchanting that I slowed down to enjoy the picturesque scene. Daofu is the first of the eight counties one reaches when traveling from Sichuan to Tibet. Everyday the county has a dozen passenger buses heading for Kangding and Chengdu. The Daofu-Chengdu Highway is asphalted now, and is so smooth and spacious that the entire jo…     

A Lone Islet or A Center of Communications? Shanghai in the Indian National Army Movement

Students of modem Chinese history,and modern Shanghai history in particular,tend to view Shanghai as having been a lone islet during the Pacific War,when it was cut off from other parts of the world.This article,however,argues that Shanghai was still well connected to areas under the control of the Japanese throughout the war.Using the Sikh community in Shanghai as a case,it demonstrates how the Indian National Army used both a Japanese-initiated military highway and the long-existing Indian diasporic network in Southeast and East Asia to facilitate a certain kind of mobilization.It further sheds light on how the Sikhs in Shanghai were influenced by and responded to the Indian National Army's endeavors.     

Women Members of Gyigyia Road Maintenance Team

The Sichuan-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet Highways were built and open to traffic in1954. Today,the mileage of highways open to traffic reaches over 40,000 km. Thousands of maintenance workers have been working on them over the past 50 years.They include what we call iron-will women with the Gyiagyia road section team.     

LHARI COUNTY,A MAJOR LINK ALONG THE ANCIENT TEA-HORSE ROAD

正Lhari County is situated in a special part of Nagqu in the Tibet Autonomous Region. People living in the valley of southern Tibet often refer to it as north Lhari, and it is recognized as part of the area where north Tibetan culture continues to prevail. Nevertheless, the people of Nagqu itself like to call it south Lhari and believe it to be the place with the best     

要闻

Xi Replies to Letter from Medical Students of Tibet University Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged medical students of Tibet University to develop strong skills and serve the people at the primary level ahead of the Tibetan New Year in 2020.Xi made the remarks when answering a letter from 17 students who are interning at Peking University Shougang Hospital in Beijing.He also extended festive greetings and best wishes to the students as well as the people of all ethnic groups living in Tibet and the Tibetaninhabited areas.     

My Work as Secretary General of the KMT Tibet Office(Ⅱ)

EDITOR'S NOTE: As World War II was about to end in the 1940s, the KMT Government built the Xikang-Tibet Highway and dispatched troops into the region, and Chiang Kai-shek appointed Shen Zonglian Director of the Tibet Office. The KMT Tibet Office remained in operation until in 1949, when the Tibetan government reacted to "drive the Hans out of Tibet." The author of the following story was secretary general of the KMT Tibet Office at that time. The following is the second part o…     

Major Benefits for Tibetans in 2003

According to Xinhua News Agency. the State and the Tibetan Autonomous Region, as well as other provinces and cities, have laid out a large sum of money in 2003 to support Tibet. The money has been used to provide direct benefits to farmers and herders in Tibet and enables them to obtain material benefits that can be summed up in nine aspects.     

Stoves Unique to Tibet

An earthen kitchen stove caught my attention on a recent visit to the Tibet Museum, as such a stove, commonly used by the Tibetans only a dozen years ago, can hardly be found today in the region.Varieties of StovesTibetans used a variety of stoves in the past. For instance, they used rectangular stoves with several pots, and oval stoves to press edible oil. Monastery monks adopted types that were sometimes as large as a small room. Ordinary Tibetans had the following four kinds of stoves for cooking:     

旅游业的发展对女性地位的影响研究——以纳木错乡为例(英文)

<正>Since the 1980s,tourism has become a worldwide commodity for consumption and an indispensable part of modern life.Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR)with its unique geography and cultural landscape attracts annually thousands of tourists.The recent acceleration in the construction of Tibet’s infrastructure in the fields of highways and developed aviation transport,and especially by the opening of the 2006 Qinghai-Tibet railway,have new opportunities for tourism opened in Tibet,whose number of domestic and foreign tourists reached 8.5 million people in 2011,with a total tourism income of 9.5