An Exploration of Tourism as a Crucial Industry in Tibet＇s Economic Development

The whole process of economic developmentthroughout the world has shown that the developmentof every region must rely on correlated industries.Re-gional distribution and relative size of industries dif-fer according to diverse economic conditions,socialresources,and differing developing processes.Hence,all national governments formulate industrial devel-opment policies in accordance with their local condi-tions and give priority to some dominant industries soas to speed up the overall development of their eco-nomic society.     

No Future for‘Tibet Independence’

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

I have known old Toinzhub for years. After only one meeting, he seemed to sense what was on my mind and could always talk about my favorite subject. A day passes by slowly along with his sips of liquor and his vivid and detailed narration.     

Tibet＇s soclo-economic development in 2004

Located in the northern part of Tibet,Nagchu Pre-fecture covers an area of 0.42 million square km.As aState-class nature reserve,it is a major habitat of vari-ous wildlife,such as antelopes,argalis,black-neckedcranes and wild yaks,which are listed by the State asanimals subject to first-class protection.In recent years,the Forestry Bureau of Nagchu areabuilt many nature reserves of different levels andadopted effective measures for the protection of wildanimals.As a result,some species of endangered wild     

China＇s Tibet Magazine Awarded by ASLSCC

On 26^th Feb.2009,China＇s Tibet magazine and other Chinese media were invited to sit in on the felicitation ceremony organized by Association for Sri Lanka China Social ＆ Cultural Cooperation（ASLSCC） to celebrale 30^th Anniversary of Reform ＆ Opening Policy in China. These media were awarded by ASLSCC for their service and introducing reform and opening policy of China to Sri Lanka.     

‘Tibet Today’Photo Show in Hong Kong

Lhaba Phuntsog,Vice-President of the Tibet Association for Preservation and Development ot Tibetan Culture attending at the opening ceremony, Photo by Zhou AimingBriefing Tung Chee-hwa, former Hong Kong Chief Executive, with cultural protection in Tibet. Photo by Xu ShaoxiangHaving a picture taken with students of the Moinba and Lhoba ethnic groups from Tibet. Photo by Zhou AimingOpening ceremony held for the photo show and the Exhibition of China's 56 Ethnic Groups in early Janua…     

15-Year Chronicle of China＇s Tibet

The year 2004 marks the 15^th birthday of our magazine. In that time,we have worked for the goal of showing our readers throughout the world the real Tibet. During the period, we have published 212 issues (Chinese, Tibetan and English editions), containing stories running to hundreds of thousands of words and thousands of photographs. They have told of the     

Druju,Herdsmen’s Secretary in Northern Tibet

It was summer of 2013. Druju,former Vice Chairman ofPeople＇s Political ConsultativeConference of Nagqu Prefecture inTibet and Secretary of Tsonyi SpecialDistrict Party Committee, watchedthe brand-new sign of＂TsonyiCounty＂ being installed on thisfamiliar piece of land on which hehad worked and lived for 37 years. Hefelt an upsurge of emotion.     

Emperor Qianlong＇s Policy for Rule Over Tibet

In 1751,when Qing troops had quelled the rebelion staged by Zholmet Namozhale ,the Qing court promulgated the 13-Article Ordinance for the Governing of Tibet,Which established the system of rule over Tibet by the Dalai Lama and Qing High Commissioners.     

On Dalai Lama＇s “Greater Tibet”

Referring to the point of the “middle road” made by the 14^th Dalai Lama, there is a concept of “Greater Tibet” which covers the existing Tibet Autonomous Region, the entire area of Qinghai Province, one-fifth of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, two-thirds of Gansu Province, two-thirds of Sichuan Province and half of Yunnan Province.     

Nationalism and anti-ethno-politics: why ‘Chinese Development’ failed at Myanmar’s Myitsone Dam

In 2011, the Burmese military-backed government stunned global audiences by unilaterally suspending the construction of the Myitsone Dam, the cornerstone of China’s largest hydropower project abroad. This prominent failure of China’s “Going Out” investment strategy reverberated globally. Both Western and Chinese accounts frame the event as a pivotal moment in Myanmar’s celebrated reform process, the cooling of China–Myanmar relations, and US–China geopolitical rivalry in the Asia-Pacific. However, my ethnographic field and media research from 2010 to 2015 reveals that the mega-project’s failure does not originally stem from inter-state geopolitics or contested economics and ecology. Through chronological narration, I show how the Myitsone Dam is primarily the casualty of a distinctly ethno-political causality, whereby three nationalisms clashed and the replication of China’s “anti-ethno-political” model of development failed. Though no monolithic Chinese state directs “Chinese Development” overseas, individual Chinese entrepreneurs nonetheless draw from the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) anti-political and state-centric paradigm when facing foreign social worlds. In the particular case of Myitsone, Chinese proponents drew from PRC’s state-nationalist heuristics of “national minorities and state-led development” and “Western anti-China conspiracy,” when facing Myanmar’s ethnic Kachin and Burman nationalisms. State ideological subjectivities of these developers seemed to blind them to the weakness in their own anti-ethno-political strategies, even when those collapsed publicly. I conclude that the Myitsone Dam’s construction will likely not be restarted, despite the hydropower company’s efforts. The Myitsone case also exemplifies how China’s previous historical entanglements in its neighboring regions uniquely disrupt the progress of “Going-Out” in Asia.     

De-centring the ‘White Gaze’ of Development

In its crudest form, development has traditionally been about dissecting the political, socio-economic and cultural processes of black, brown and other subjects of colour in the so-called global South and finding them regressive, particularly in comparison to the so-called progressive global North. However, in the midst of a 21st century, de-colonial scholarly pivot, ‘opening up development’ fundamentally demands turning the colonial, ‘white gaze’ on its head. In particular, contemporary social media movements challenging white supremacy such as #BlackLivesMatter have gained prominence while non-white development actors such as China have emerged as enticing alternatives. These phenomena have pried open development with both positive and negative results, intended and unintended consequences. This article seeks to put Critical Development Studies into fluid conversation with Critical Race Studies in an examination of how scholars, policy makers and practitioners have simultaneously succeeded and failed in subverting the ‘white gaze’ of development.     

Tibet＇s LAST CARAVAN WITH TRANSPORTING SALT （1）

Gyayang Xirab （1957-2004） was born into a far from well-off herder family from a pasturing area of northern Tibet. In 1971,he had only just begun going to the primary school at the age of 14.In 1978,he was allowed to stay as a teacher after graduating from middle school.     

Recollections on Tibet＇s Fight Against British Invasion in Gyangze

A fter the peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951,and in conformity with the tready signed on April 29,1954 ontrade and traffic between the two govermments,China revoked all the privileges India had enjoyed in Tibet that were passed on by Britain as the former colonial power,including removing the business offices in Gyangze and Yadong,with drawing armed troops in the two places,and transferring ownership of post offices,telegraph and telephone enterprises and 12 post stations run by India back to China.     

Sustainable Development Frontiers: Is ‘Sustainable’ Cocoa Delivering Development and Reducing Deforestation?

Forest frontiers are important areas for sustainable development as they combine the need to halt deforestation with the challenges of rural poverty. In the region of San Martín, Peru, the ‘Production, Protection and Inclusion’ model combines narratives of conservation, economic development and social inclusion in what can be defined as a ‘sustainable development frontier’. This article asks how such sustainable development frontiers change social, economic and ecological outcomes in the localities where they are found. The authors examine the reality of sustainable cocoa production linked to conservation and development goals, as promoted by government bodies, international agencies, cooperatives and chocolate brands in Peru, and show how, paradoxically, sustainability goals intensify production and attract smallholders into forest frontier areas. In doing so, the boom in demand for sustainable commodities has inadvertently created conditions encouraging further colonization of forested areas leading to a continuing rise in deforestation, ecological degradation and economic instability. Narratives of sustainable development can thus reinforce commodity intensification, as they obscure alternative approaches and reproduce traditional frontier dynamics.     

China′s Tibet in My Eyes——Letters From Readers

Over the past 15 years since China‘s Tibet (Chinese edition)was launched, we have received many letters from our enthusiastic readers.They have made comments and given us their constructive views. While we have received bouquets, we have also received “brickbats”, which, of course, we deem valuable for the improvement of our     

'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 …