Exhibition testimony to progress in Tibet

Visitors take pictures at the exhibition "Tibet of China: Past and Present" yesterday at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing. The exhibition opened on Wednesday and will run untill July 25.(Photo: China Daily) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, May 2 -- Huang Guangxue, vice-director of the National State Nationalities Affairs Commission in the 1980s, still remembers his first visit to Tibet in 1954. Huang and his colleagues were on a State Council mission to assess the situation in the region.

    The young man, who grew up in the countryside, was struck by the poverty of the Tibetans. Full story

Exhibition on Tibet's past, present held in Beijing

Visitors look at a photo of Tibet's history in the exhibition of Tibet's past and present, at the Cultural Palace for Nationalities in Beijing, capital of China, on May 5, 2008. The exhibition has drawn 80,000 visitors since its opening on April 30. (Xinhua/He Junchang) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun and Zhou Yongkang, members of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, visited a large-scale theme exhibition, "Tibet, the Past and the Present," on Wednesday.

    During their separate visits, they were shown around the 160 material exhibits and more than 400 pictures. The exhibition is being held in two halls of the Nationalities Cultural Palace. Full story