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Obama says US recognizes Tibet as part of China

National
2009-11-17

UNITED States President Barack Obama today said the US government recognizes that Tibet is part of the People's Republic of China. He also said that the United States supports the early resumption of dialogue...

Tourist arrivals hit record in Tibet

National
2009-10-15

A RECORD 4.75 million tourists arrived in Tibet in the first nine months of this year, twice as many as 2008's total, regional tourism authorities said yesterday. The autonomous region also raked in almost 4 billion...

Antelope poachers on the run

National
2009-10-10

EARLY last century, hundreds of thousands of Tibetan antelopes roamed the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Twenty years ago, their peaceful paradise, the Hoh Xil, was turned into a hunting ground by ruthless poachers. Flocks...

Tibet restrictions denied

National
2009-9-30

THE reports of the Tibet Autonomous Region's imposing restrictions on foreigners' travel to Tibet during the National Day holiday break were untrue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said in Beijing...

'No foreign limits' on holidays to Tibet

National
2009-9-25

A LEADING official with the Tibet Autonomous Regional Tourism Administration confirmed yesterday there were no restrictions on foreigners' travel to Tibet during the National Day holiday season. Wang Songping,...

Tourism official dismisses ban on foreign tourists' travel to Tibet

National
2009-9-24

A leading official with the Tibet Autonomous Regional Tourism Administration confirmed today there were no restrictions on foreigners' travel to Tibet during the National Day holiday season. Wang Songping, deputy...

Lhasa prepares to build upmarket tourist center

National
2009-8-13

LHASA, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, will build its first tourist information office and service center by the end of 2011, a city official said yesterday. The 15.7-million-yuan (US$2.29-million)...

'Magic' man returns from cycling trip to Tibet

Metro | More to Tell
2009-7-27

ZHU Junxian just can't stop cycling. The 75-year-old man has traveled more than 105,000 kilometers across the country on his bike. And he just returned on July 17 from his latest epic journey, a trip to the Tibet...

Tibet will study quake

National
2009-6-14

TIBET experts will investigate geological evidence from the strongest earthquake in the history of the People's Republic of China, according to the regional government. An 8.6-magnitude quake devastated Zayul...

China reports suspected case of A/H1N1 influenza in Tibet

National
2009-5-19

CHINA'S Ministry of Health today reported a suspected case of A/H1N1 influenza in southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region. The patient, a 42-year-old Italian female tourist, was receiving treatment at a hospital...