Tsakhalho:Salt Production and the Preservation of a Church

Tsakhalho lies in Markham County, Chamdo Prefecture of the Tibetan Au-tonomous Region(TAR).Geo-graphically it looks quite mysteri-ous and it has a unique culture. Formally,it is referred to as"Tsakhalho Jangba(Naxi)ethnic Town of Markham".It is located in the southeast of TAR,between the east bank of Lancang River and Dechen County.At an elevation of about 2,400 meters,the town is adjacent to Paltang of Sichuan Prov-ince on     

The Fraternal Bond between Ethnic Tibetans and the Victims of the Wenchuan Earthquake

At 2:28 pm on May 12~(th),2008,Wenchuan County of Sichuan Province suffered an earthquake of mag-nitude of 8.0.The local death toll had reached 69,016 by noon of June 1~(st),along with a total of 368,545 in-jured and 18,830 people still missing.The tragedy included the collapse of an enormous number of houses...over one hundred thousand families lost their homes.Tens of thou-sands of children were orphaned.However,faced with this devastation,all nationalities in China were not intimidated but rather work...     

THE FIRST LARGE HYDROPOWER STATION OVER THE YARLUNG TSANGPO RIVER

<正>At 2:0.5 in the afternoon on November 23rd,2014,Lozang Gyaltsen,Chairman of Tibet Autonomous Region,pressed the button to start Generator No.1 in the Zangmu Hydropower Station,bringing the first generator of the ZangmuHydropower Station formally into operation.     

Tibet is Looking Forward to the Olympic Torch

In June 2008 the Olympic torch,representing sport- ing ethos of the world,will embark on its primary journey to Mt.Qomolangma.The world will once again focus on"the roof of the world"-Tibet. On July 13~(th),2001,the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 29~(th) Olympic Games made its final statement with the promise that"if Beijing was accepted as the host of the 2008 Olympiad,Beijing will organize the route of the