China's Picturesque Tibet Autonomous Region: News & Images

[TaiShang]

India Leh is like Lahsa.

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A little out of topic. Sherpa Tenzin Norgay is "not a Sherpa" at all. He is Tibetan. Bascially a Sherpa is also Tibetan but Tenzin Norgay could be a U-Tsang Tibetan.

After all it was a "Chinese" who first summit Qomolangma.

I AM A TIBETAN: Tenzing Norgay - www.phayul.com

Your insight on Tibet, including the geography and climate, is really comprehensive.

 

[Tractor]

Typical landscape of Tibet with Tso this and Tso that and Siling Tso the largest.

 

[AndrewJin]

Typical landscape of Tibet with Tso this and Tso that and Siling Tso the largest.

I have been to some tso, 一错再错的旅行！！！

 

[Jlaw]

And the area is not densely populated as the rest of India is。

Ifthe hindus come in, expect this place to be going in the shit hole. No pun intended.

 

[opruh]

So beautiful, a sharp contrast to the poverty ridden and rat-infested India in the south.

 

[TaiShang]

Development of transportation in Tibet over past 5 decades

Photo taken on Aug 29, 2014 shows the Lhasa-Gonggar Airport highway, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.

People witnessed amazing progress of the transportation in Tibet over the past five decades.

A total of 75,000 kilometers road have made the transportation in Tibet much easier than 50 years ago.

The Qinghai-Tibet railway, running from Northwest China's Qinghai province to Lhasa, was opened in 2006. Since then, the number of visitors to Tibet has increased enormously.

Above the railways and highways, the air transportation in Tibet also embraced a huge leap-forward. In the half-century development, over 24.71 million passenger trips were made and the total volume of goods reached nearly 329,900 tons.

http://bit.ly/1MlTei0

 

[opruh]

Impressive, that's an unprecedented development introduced by the Chinese government.

 

[TaiShang]

Wide streets are seen in Kesong Village, the first to implement the democratic reform in 1959, in Changzhu Town, Naidong County, Shannan Prefecture of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

Kesong Village in Changzhu Town, Naidong County, Shannan Prefecture of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, was the first to implement democratic reform in 1959 and has witnessed vast changes in the past decades.

Kesong Village was previously exclusively called home by serf owner, Suokang Wangqing Geli, before the democratic reform. But now it has become home to many new residents, with wide streets and brand-new residential buildings.



The historical site of the first village party branch of the Communist Party of China in Tibet, southwest of China, is listed as the officially protected monuments and sites. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]



A file photo of the land ownership certificate emancipated from around a million serfs back in the democratic reform of Tibet in 1959. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]



A residential house decorated with both modern and ancient cultural elements in Kesong Village in Changzhu Town, Naidong County, Shannan Prefecture of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

Local residents have a chat in a modern-style community in Kesong Village in Changzhu Town, Naidong County, Shannan Prefecture of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

 

[opruh]

More democratic than India, poor India.

 

[TaiShang]

The world’s highest gas station in Tibet

Double Lake gas station of CNPC’s Tibet branch, 5, 200 meters above sea level, is the highest gas station in the world. It makes a great contribution to the economic development in Tibet.

Shuanghu county, with an average elevation of 5,000 meters, is 640 kilometers away from Lhasa. Covering an area of 116,700 square kilometres, the county has a population of 13,000. The most remarkable characteristic of this county is poor natural conditions, high-cold and oxygen deficit and inconvenient traffic.

Double Lake gas station is the most remote one from CNPC Tibet branch, and it was rebuilt in 2012 with total area of 3,750 square meters, total storage capacity of 200 cubic meters, which includes 100 cubic meters of petrol and diesel respectively. The station has two fuel dispensers. Four regular employees, three policemen and one intern in the station are all Tibetan. It is awarded an advanced gas station by CNPC Tibet branch.

The world’s highest gas station in Tibet - People's Daily Online

 

[AndrewJin]

My head hurts.
I know the feeling of sleeping at such a high altitude.
it must be hard work for gas station staff.
Hope they enjoy their work and get extra compensation for high altitude.

 

[TaiShang]

2015 marks Tibet’s 50th anniversary of peaceful liberation. Located on the world’s highest plateau, Tibet used to be known for its underdeveloped transportation system. Over the last half century, the Chinese government has been dedicated to modernizing the connections on the roads, on the rails, and in the air. Here are eight public transportation icons in Tibet.



Liuwu Bridge, Tibet’s very first modern overpass (Photo Taken on Aug 25, 2014) .


The first Xigazê-bound train enters the final station on the Lhasa–Xigazê Railway


The Lhasa-Nyingchi Highway is under construction (Photo Taken on Aug 8, 2015).


Scene of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway in Chamdo (Photo Taken on Aug 4, 2015).


The 72 Curves of Nujiang River on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway (Photo Taken on Aug. 4, 2015).


A train runs on Qinghai-Tibet Railway (Photo Taken on March 18, 2013).


A major street in Lhasa (Photo Taken on May 9, 2014).


Tangmai Bridge is under construction (Photo Taken on Aug. 5, 2015)

 

[Jlaw]

beautiful place. The high altitude makes it a strategic location to locate missiles and fighters in case our southern neighbor become aggressive in the future.

 

[TaiShang]

beautiful place. The high altitude makes it a strategic location to locate missiles and fighters in case our southern neighbor become aggressive in the future.

Tibet is a great example of what China is capable of in terms of human progress and development. It stands in contrast to *****'s world-famous backwardness, dirt, inefficiency and social disharmony.


A Merged photo comparing the new Tangmai Bridge and the two small bridges before (Photo Taken on Aug. 5, 2015).

@opruh , @Economic superpower

 

[Jlaw]

Tibet is a great example of what China is capable of in terms of human progress and development. It stands in contrast to *****'s world-famous backwardness, dirt, inefficiency and social disharmony.


A Merged photo comparing the new Tangmai Bridge and the two small bridges before (Photo Taken on Aug. 5, 2015).

@opruh , @Economic superpower

especially when you compare this to indian illegal occupation of southern Tibet, this is like paradise.