Tibetan Doctoral Graduates to change Tibet

At present,Tibetan PhD's are playing key roles in the advancement of Tibetan culture,medicine,science,technology,economy and society in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). According to survey results recently revealed by the Science and Technology Association of TAR,to date,over 60 Tibetan doctoral graduates are working at the frontier of production and research programs in TAR.The data reveals that an equal number of them are working in natural and social science.About one third of     

Tibetan Doctoral Graduates to change Tibet

At present,Tibetan PhD's are playing key roles in the advancement of Tibetan culture,medicine,science,technology,economy and society in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). According to survey results recently revealed by the Science and Technology Association of TAR,to date,over 60 Tibetan doctoral graduates are working at the frontier of production and research programs in TAR.The data reveals that an equal number of them are working in natural and social science.About one third of     

NGOYAB TSERING AND HIS TRANSLATION CAUSE

正Karma Connecting Ngoyab Tsering and the Tibetan Language Due to historical reasons,in the past,Tibetan language education in Chamdo(situated at the east of the Tibet Autonomous Region)is underdeveloped when compared to central areas in the TAR,     

TIBETAN LANGUAGE AND ITS TERMINOLOGY STANDARDIZATION——Introducing a New Perspective on the Standardization of Tibetan New Words andTerminology

The Tibetan language spoken by the Tibetans belongs to the Tibetan-Burmese branch of the Sino-Tibetan family. It has about six million users who live mainly in the Tibet Autonomous Region （TAR） and four other Tibetan-inhabited provinces： Qinghai Province, Sichuan Province, Gansu Province and Yunnan Province. The standardization of Tibetan terminology is an essential part of China＇s national policy on nationality and national languages. A special column named ＂Tibetan Language and its Terminology Standardization＂ is included in this issue to describe the birth, use, and development of Tibetan language especially the standardization of its new terminology.     

LIVING IN TAR FOR HALF A CENTURY-AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMPA PHUNTSOG,VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF NPC

<正>2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR).As a state leader born in an ordinary Tibetan family,Jampa Phuntsog has witnessed the changes and development throughout the50 years of TAR.He has undertaken official positions as Chairman of the TAR government and as Director of the Standing Committee of the regional People's Congress.Currently,     

Modernization And Adjustment： Case Study Of Kham Village

When talking about Tibetans, people naturally think about Tibet （Tibet Autonomous Region, which will be referred to as TAR in the following text）, but seldom realize that the Tibetan region extends far past the borders of Tibet. Based on Tibetan historical and cui tural differences, the Tibetan region of China can be divided into three major sections： Kham （khams）, Amdo and Weizang（dbus-gtsang）. Nowadays, as a result of administrative divisions, the Tibetan region belongs to different administrative areas in five provinces. Weizang includes most of today＇s Tibet Autono- mous region. Kham and Amdo are both historical conceptions, Kham lying to the east of Weizang and Amdo to the northwest. Kham and Amdo are divided into different administrative areas. Kham includes today＇s Chamdo Autonomous Prefecture （TAR）, Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture and part of Aba Autonomous prefecture （Ganzi and Aba both belong to Sichuan Province）,     

Why I Organized the “Mutual Aid Team” amongst Our Poor People？

Tsering Lhamo,a Tibetan woman,was born in Luntse County of the Tibet Autonomous Region（TAR）.She joined the Communist Party of China in 1960,and was the on-going party secretary of a town in Nedong County.She led eleven households of Nangsan（serfs） in 1961 to form a mutual support team for agricultural production and achieved a rise in local production.Later,the labour committee of the Tibetan branch of the Communist Party cited her as the＂model for thousands of liberated serfs＂.In 1977,under her leadership and with the efforts exerted by local members of the commune,     

A Storm of Changes Sweep over Tibetan Farmers and Herdsmen Led by the Qinghai-Tibetan Railway

From the opening traffic of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway,a major restriction on transportation to and from Tibet was finally removed. Such a change has had a massive impact on the economy of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as a whole and,in particular,on the rural Tibetans.In other words,the railway became a leading force in the re- structure and advancement of the Tibetan economy.     

A Storm of Changes Sweep over Tibetan Farmers and Herdsmen Led by the Qinghai-Tibetan Railway

From the opening traffic of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway,a major restriction on transportation to and from Tibet was finally removed. Such a change has had a massive impact on the economy of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as a whole and,in particular,on the rural Tibetans.In other words,the railway became a leading force in the re- structure and advancement of the Tibetan economy.     

TIBETAN LANGUAGE AND ITS TERMINOLOGY STANDARDIZATION

<正>Editor's note:The Tibetan language spoken by the Tibetans belongs to the Tibetan-Burmese branch of the Sino-Tibetan family.It has about six million users who live mainly in the Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR)and four other Tibetan-inhabited provinces:     

Inheritance and Vicissitude of the Tibetan Diet——A Case of A Tibetan Rural Community

The dietary structure and customs of the Tibetans1 include both simple and complex elements.The transition from a diet composed mainly of tsampa and butter tea to the integration of alien and industrialized foodstuffs into the Tibetan dietary culture reflects,in a way,the processes of adaptation,integration and vicissitude of the Tibetan rural community during modernization.This article attempts to discuss the relationship between the traditional culture and modernization in Tibetan rural communities during the process of cultural interaction and modernization by studying the dietary structure and customs of Tibetan farmers in Nyang-re Township located in the north outskirts of Lhasa,Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).     

Tibet Is Tibetan, Says TAR Official

Lhasa (Tibet), JULY 25. It is one of those canards that is best exploded by figures. And the canard is as follows-that the Chinese Central Government is pursuing a systematic policy of settling Han Chinese in Tibetan and Tibetans are a minority in the Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR).     

Picture News on The 5~(th) Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies

<正>Co-sponsored by China Tibetology Research Center(CTRC),China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture,Academy of Social Sciences of Tibetan Autonomous Region,the 5~(th) event of the Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies was held in Beijing from August 2 to August 4,2012. This seminar has invited 267 scholars in the filed of Tibetan Studies from 2I countries and regions including China,Japan,Mongolia,India,United Kingdom,France,Italy,Hungary,     

Talent Cultivation Project Onthe Move

In the golden autumn of 2002, a ceremony was held in Lhasa for the Tibet Development Fund to donate to the Talent Cultivation Project. Nineteen Tibetan students currently studying in the hinterland and Tibetan universities and high schools, whose families live below the poverty line, formed the first group of recipients; 24 others belong to the second group to be aided. Radi (Chairman of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region), Lobsang Toinzhub (Vice-Chairman of the TAR government and advisor to the Tibet Development Fund), and Lhamin Soinam Lhunzhub (Vice-Chairman of the CPPCC Tibet Committee and council member of the Tibet Development Fund)     

Jails in Tibet

There are three jails in the Tibet Autonomous Region, with 2,300 inmates, including those serving lifesentences or awaiting execution. They account for 0.9 per 1,000 of the Tibetan population.The three jails are the Tibet Autonomous Regional Prison, the Lhasa Prison and the Borne Prison. Of the three, the TAR Prison is the largest and the only one exclusively for female inmates.Of the inmates, 76 percent are of the Tibetan ethnic group, 20 percent from the Han ethnic group, and remaining four percent from     

I WOULD LIKE IN A PRACTICAL WAY,TO SERVE THE MASSES:INTERVIEW WITH JAMPA PHUNTSOG,THE CHAIRMAN OF TAR

On May 16th,2003,Jampa Phuntsog,on wining the most votes at the second session of the eighth People‘s Congress of Tibetan Autonomous Region(TAR),was chosen to be the chairman of the government of TAR.Since then,the Khampa man from downtown Chamdu of TAR became the seventh chairman of the government of TAR,and the leader of 2.7 million people living on the snow-covered plateau. On January 30th,2007,the author kept an appointment at the Tibet Hotel in Beijing to hold an exclusive interview with Chairman Ja...     

西藏复工复产掠影（英文）

正Spring is a time of renewal.As the spread of the COVID-19 has been largely contained in China,the country is back on track in an orderly manner.In the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR),a series of measures for reopening have been introduced to resume normalproduction and life while ensuring the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus epidemic.As the natural     

OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION ＂TREASURE IN THE SNOW-LAND＂

On March 28th, 2010, the 51st anniversary of the emancipation of the million serfs in Tibet, an exhibition on the theme ＇Treasures in the Snow.land, witnessing Tibetan History and Promoting Tibetan Culture＂ taking place in the newly built Museum of Tibetan Culture in the China Tibetology Research Center, Beijing. Over 100 leaders, experts and academics from related state departments, the Tibet Autonomous Region, relevant research institutes,     

A Trip to Nam Co Lake

The meaning of Nam Co Lake in Tibetan language is ＂Heaven Lake＂, Ihe most important of three greal holy lakes in Tibet. It is 70 km long from east to west. 30 km wide from north to south, and covers an area of 1,920 square km. the largest lake in Tibetan Autonomous Region. among the top two sahwater lakes in China and the lake at the highest altitude in the world.     

OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION“TREASURE IN THE SNOW-LAND”IN THE MUSEUM OF TIBETAN CULTURE,CHINA TIBETOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER

<正>On March 28th,2010,the 51st anniversary of the emancipation of the million serfs in Tibet,an exhibition on the theme"Treasures in the Snow-land, witnessing Tibetan History and Promoting Tibetan Culture"taking place in the newly built Museum of Tibetan Culture in the China Tibetology Research Center,Beijing.Over 100 leaders,experts and academics from related state departments,the Tibet Autonomous Region,relevant research institutes,