Beautiful riverside view of Lhasa. Photograph by Chen Jiajia Isn’t Lhasa beautiful? The spacious streets, being expanded and extended every now and then, have amplified the urban structure; the mushrooming high-rises exude with strong artistic and modern symbols; beautiful parks and fields of green...

LHASA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will invest 22 billion yuan (3.5 billion U.S. dollars) in transport construction this year, a senior regional official said.A highway from regional capital Lhasa to Nyingchi and four airport highways will be constructed, according...

LHASA, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Tibet in southwestern China will continue to invest heavily in drinking water projects this year in its vast rural areas, local water resources authorities said Saturday.The region earmarked 320 million yuan (51 million U.S. dollars) for 2012, expecting to provide roughly...

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L Front), who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets with representatives to a symposium on the pairing-up support progra...