Special Report: Focus on Tibet
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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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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, watch a gala together with nearly one thousand
audience 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.
The gala, held in the studio hall of the official
CCTV, are mainly songs and dances performed by Tibetan artists expressing their
joys and gratitude over the liberation of Tibetan serfs in 1959.
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Artists perform dance 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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Artists perform dance 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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Saturday also marks the first Serfs Emancipation Day, which was endorsed by Tibetan legislators in January this year to commemorate the historic changes that took place in Tibet 50 years ago.
The first Serfs Emancipation Day was celebrated across Tibet Autonomous Region on Saturday, and people from elsewhere in China expressed their wishes to the Tibetans.
Celebration for Serfs Emancipation Day held in Tibet
On Serfs Emancipation Day,
celebration, recollection, and wishes from across China
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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. Full story
Chinese president praises Tibet
development, hails democratic reform
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."
Hu said during his visit to an exhibition marking the
50th Anniversary of Democratic Reform in Tibet, at the Cultural Palace of
Nationalities in Beijing, that the reform 50 years ago was "the most extensive,
profound and progressive social transformation in the history of Tibet." Full story
