Situated next to Ravog Lake in Chamdo city, Xizang autonomous region in Southwest China, Pashod county has experienced a surge in vitality, largely due to its proximity to the renowned 318 National Highway, which acts as a magnet for numerous tourists.
In a groundbreaking achievement, Zhejiang A&F University has announced the successful breeding of huyang, or lake sheep, at an altitude of 4,600 meters in Nagchu, Xizang autonomous region.
Describing his relationship with Chinese scientists as "like brothers", Lonnie Thompson, a member of the American Academy of Sciences and a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has returned to the highest county in China 24 years after his last visit.
Over 4,000 new tourism development sites have been identified in Lhasa, the capital of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, since a survey began last October, the city's culture and tourism bureau has said.
Archaeologists have discovered 301 immovable cultural relics, comprising sites of ancient culture, tombs, buildings, grotto temples, inscriptions and historical landmarks, in Shigatse city of the Xizang autonomous region, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Li Jiqian had kept a series of documents about a county thousands of kilometers away in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region for almost 30 years before delivering them to the hands of his son, Li Dong.
In a bustling workshop, dozens of women manually operate looms, with thumping sounds abounding. At one loom, Namdrin, wearing colorful homemade Tibetan garb, shows a colleague how to weave.
