Nineteen African railway officials and diplomats toured Qinghai-Xizang Railway this week to study high-altitude operations and technology transfer, kicking off a week-long exchange that Chinese officials hailed as a new bridge for China-Africa cooperation.
The Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway, an extension of the Qinghai-Xizang Railway and the first electrified railway in the Xizang autonomous region, marked its fifth anniversary on June 25.
I am only halfway through my first trip to the Xizang autonomous region, having spent the past 12 days traversing it. Yet what I have seen so far has already been a revelation.
Farmers and herders in the Xizang autonomous region have a strong desire to send their children to boarding schools, which can ensure that children in remote areas gain access to quality education.
Twenty-two children from remote areas in the Xizang autonomous region are heading home with healthy hearts this week after undergoing free, life-changing cardiac surgeries in Zibo, Shandong province.
At an international street dance competition in Beijing on June 21, four young dancers from the Xizang autonomous region wowed the audience with a routine that blended hip-hop with traditional Tibetan dance forms.