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Jia Qinglin, a member of the
Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee
of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Zhou
Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau
of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Central Political
Science and Law Commission (CPSLC) of the CPC, greet performers at a
gala to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the emancipation of
Tibetan serfs in Beijing, capital of China, March 28, 2009.
(Xinhua/Fan Rujun)
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BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua)
-- A gala was held Saturday in Beijing to celebrate the 50th anniversary
of the emancipation of Tibetan serfs. Top political advisor Jia Qinglin
and other senior officials watched the performances. >>>
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Tibetan people in traditional
dress celebrate the first Serfs Emancipation Day at home in Qamdo,
southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 28, 2009.
(Xinhua/He Junchang)
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LHASA/BEIJING, March 28
(Xinhua) -- The first Serfs Emancipation Day was celebrated across Tibet
Autonomous Region on Saturday, while people from elsewhere in China
expressed their wishes to the Tibetans. >>>
LHASA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- A
grand ceremony celebrating Tibet's first Serfs Emancipation Day started at
10 a.m. Saturday at the square in front of the Potala Palace in Tibet
Autonomous Region.
The meeting was presided over in both Tibetan language and Mandarin by Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the regional government of Tibet who was dressed in a traditional Tibetan robe. It was attended by about 13,280 people. >>>
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, also
general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits an
exhibition marking the 50th Anniversary of Democratic Reform in
Tibet, at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing, capital
of China, on March 27, 2009.(Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) --
Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Friday that the "good situation" in
today's Tibet was "hard-earned and should be highly cherished." >>>
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Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the
National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC), shakes hands with the 11th Panchen Lama
Gyaincain Norbu during the symposium marking the 50th anniversary of
serfs emancipation in Tibet held in Beijing, capital of China, on
March 27, 2009.(Xinhua/Li Xueren)
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BEIJING, March 27
(Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin Friday urged the
Tibetan people to maintain stability and cherish prosperity achieved in
the autonomous region ahead of Serfs Emancipation Day. >>>
BERLIN, March 27 (Xinhua) -- On the
occasion of Tibet's Serfs Emancipation Day which falls on March 28, a
German scholar on Friday hailed the end of serfdom in Tibet 50 years ago
as "a victory for human rights." >>>
BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The
coming March 28 is a memorable date in the history of world human rights.
Fifty years before that day, China's Tibet started democratic reform in
its land of more than 1.2 million square km. The event put an end to the
centuries-old feudal serfdom under theocratic rule and gave freedom to
some 1 million serfs. >>>
BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) --
Former Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National
People's Congress Raidi has said the democratic reform to abolish serfdom
in Tibet was the people's own historical choice. >>>
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The setting
of Serfs Emancipation Day is an important move to wage a "tit-for-tat
struggle" against the Dalai clique, a senior Tibetan legislator said here
Friday. >>>
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) --
Raidi, a former Tibetan serf and vice chairman of the National People's
Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, has called the Dalai Lama and his
political backers the "chief representatives" of the theocratic, feudal
serfdom of the old Tibet. >>>
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