Booming butter shop sales mirror region's economy

The Tibet autonomous region showed overall good economic development in the first half of the year despite the deadly earthquake on April 25 that ravaged Nepal and the Tibet-Nepal border area, officials said.

A regional economic conference reported the conclusion on July 20.

This economic progress is evident on the streets of Lhasa, Tibet's capital, where many shops sell butter and dairy products. The owners of the shops are usually Tibetans from Gansu and Qinghai provinces.