China's Picturesque Tibet Autonomous Region: News & Images

[Godman]

Indian footage of today's Lhasa labelled as cultural genocide

The video's description doesnt say anything about "genocide" although it does hide the reality.

The video description says

"Lhasa today looks nothing like it did many years ago. That’s no fault of the Tibetans of course. After the Chinese occupation started in 1949, they quickly set about to move Tibet a “great step forward”.

Yes, there are modern conveniences like paved roads, plumbing, electricity, motorized vehicles, electronics, mobiles phones and the like, but it can be safely assumed that an independent Tibet would’ve eventually adopted many of these things if they wanted to. Today, Lhasa has the feel of a modern Chinese city. The infrastructure is unmistakably Chinese, but the majority of the people are unmistakably Tibetan. The way they dress, look, and act is so different from Han Chinese that it’s very easy to differentiate who’s who"

So they are assuming a feudal theocracy where a leader is chosen by some weird ritual and ruled by a bunch of monks that twist the teachings of buddhism to be in power would develop Tibet? LOL
And how the hell does a city developing become a fault? Chinese DID move Tibet a "Great step forward". Its the "fault" of Chinese that infrastrcuture and quality of life improved in Tibet

 

[Abacin]

Indians are just brainwashed. As long as they could go to Tibet, they will find that Tibet is more advanced than 99% of Indian places. But most Indians are too poor to have a chance to find the facts. All religious leaders with heavy political involvements are jerks full of lies. Dalai is no difference. The admiration of Dalai in India just proves that Indian is not secular enough to become a modern country.

The Rise of India is just another big lie. The reality is that India GDP has been flat around 2 trillions for nearly 6 years even with book cooking.

 

[AndrewJin]

Indians are just brainwashed. As long as they could go to Tibet, they will find that Tibet is more advanced than 99% of Indian places. But most Indians are too poor to have a chance to find the facts. All religious leaders with heavy political involvements are jerks full of lies. Dalai is no difference. The admiration of Dalai in India just proves that Indian is not secular enough to become a modern country.

The Rise of India is just another big lie. The reality is that India GDP has been flat around 2 trillions for nearly 6 years even with book cooking.

I can confirm that.
I have been to Tibet and many other Tibetan autonomous prefectures in Western China.
There is no exaggerating to say, india is decades behind Tibetan regions.

 

[cirr]

Qinghai-Tibet railway track replacement completed after 7 years

CCTV.com

09-13-2016 03:35 BJT

Video: http://english.cctv.com/2016/09/13/VIDEsaK9SuE6gBSrWkkfzNlu160913.shtml

7 years of hard work and nearly 2,000 kilometers. Workers have finished replacing the track along all 1956 kilometers of the railway on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The work began in 2010 with a total investment of close to 1.3 billion yuan. According to the railway company, the new seamless tracks have a higher density and strength. This means faster travel and better passenger comfort.

The high-elevation line connects Xining, Qinghai Province with Lhasa, Tibet. It's the world's highest railway that boasts the longest section in plateau areas. Since its inauguration a decade ago, the railway has seen more than 118 million passenger trips and transported some 455 million tons of freight.

 

[Dungeness]

Is the replacement of the rail track really necessary? Qinghai-Tibet rail road is just about 15 years old. In some part of world, the same rail ways have been in service for a century.

 

[Beast]

Is the replacement of the rail track really necessary? Qinghai-Tibet rail road is just about 15 years old. In some part of world, the same rail ways have been in service for a century.

Speed!! That is the critical part.

 

[Dungeness]

Speed!! That is the critical part.

China demolished 10-20 years old buildings all over the place, it is a huge waste. @AndrewJin , your view on Wuhan University demolish controversy?

 

[AndrewJin]

China demolished 10-20 years old buildings all over the place, it is a huge waste. @AndrewJin , your view on Wuhan University demolish controversy?

http://www.gaoloumi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2693999&mobile=2
Nothing wrong to demolish that building.

Is the replacement of the rail track really necessary? Qinghai-Tibet rail road is just about 15 years old. In some part of world, the same rail ways have been in service for a century.

At that time China did not have high quality seamless track technology. The standards they used at that time cannot meet today's expectation.

 

[Dungeness]

http://www.gaoloumi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2693999&mobile=2
Nothing wrong to demolish that building.


At that time China did not have high quality seamless track technology. The standards they used at that time cannot meet today's expectation.

Still, it is waste of tax payer's money.

Seamless track (100 m per track) technology has been around since 1980's in China.

 

[AndrewJin]

Still, it is waste of tax payer's money.

Seamless track (100 m per track) technology has been around since 1980's in China.

Seamless tracks have not been massively used in China until 2000s.

What I feel sad is that they didn't build a double track-railway at first. Now, they have to build more crossing stations to meet the growing need. 10+ passenger trains and a huge number of freight trains have already exploited the limit of the single-track railway.

 

[ahojunk]

Speed!! That is the critical part.

.
This is what I have read:- On the Tibet-Qinghai railway, "The operational speed is 120 km/h (75 mph) and 100 km/h (62 mph) over sections laid on permafrost."

How much faster can the train go on this new track?

 

[cirr]

Still, it is waste of tax payer's money.

Seamless track (100 m per track) technology has been around since 1980's in China.

from 25m to 500m

换轨前，青藏铁路格拉段使用的是25米长的普通钢轨，钢轨与钢轨之间会留有一定缝隙以防止热胀冷缩，乘客坐火车听到的“咣当”声正是车轮与钢轨接口的冲击声，这种冲击不仅容易给钢轨轨头和车轮造成很大磨损，给青藏铁路的维护增加一定的工作量和难度，同时也限制了进出藏列车的速度，影响了旅客乘坐火车的舒适感。

为解决这些问题，从2010年开始，青藏铁路公司对青藏铁路格拉段进行无缝钢轨换铺工程，就是将原有25米普通钢轨更换为500米长轨，整个换轨过程运用世界先进水平的移动式气压焊接技术，再通过探伤、打磨等工艺，消除各钢轨接头之间的缝隙，最终焊接成无缝线路。

Now the whole rail is a pair of seamless tracks.

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

Still, it is waste of tax payer's money.

Seamless track (100 m per track) technology has been around since 1980's in China.

Some Chinese members here never question the amount of debt that the government and SOEs take for constructing stuff, and the value that can be derived.

@AndrewJin
I have also heard about the Wuhan University demolition thing. Can you describe what really happened?

 

[AndrewJin]

Some Chinese members here never question the amount of debt that the government and SOEs take for constructing stuff, and the value that can be derived.

@AndrewJin
I have also heard about the Wuhan University demolition thing. Can you describe what really happened?

lol
it's so weird, the whole universe is against it and we the people in Wuhan are supporting it....

from 25m to 500m

换轨前，青藏铁路格拉段使用的是25米长的普通钢轨，钢轨与钢轨之间会留有一定缝隙以防止热胀冷缩，乘客坐火车听到的“咣当”声正是车轮与钢轨接口的冲击声，这种冲击不仅容易给钢轨轨头和车轮造成很大磨损，给青藏铁路的维护增加一定的工作量和难度，同时也限制了进出藏列车的速度，影响了旅客乘坐火车的舒适感。

为解决这些问题，从2010年开始，青藏铁路公司对青藏铁路格拉段进行无缝钢轨换铺工程，就是将原有25米普通钢轨更换为500米长轨，整个换轨过程运用世界先进水平的移动式气压焊接技术，再通过探伤、打磨等工艺，消除各钢轨接头之间的缝隙，最终焊接成无缝线路。

Now the whole rail is a pair of seamless tracks.

dunno why it has become the topic of the bombay troll on debt......so typical
They can politicise everything including a purely tech matter

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

lol
it's so weird, the whole universe is against it and we the people in Wuhan are supporting it....

Okay, so what happened?