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"We must stop the commercialization of ethnic arts."
Nima Tsering, a CPPCC member and deputy director of the Sichuan Research Institute of Culture and History, warned that many ethnic arts are being developed into mere tourist products |
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Overseas reporters leave Tibet after six-day visit
A group of 15 overseas reporters from ten media groups left here Thursday after six days of visit in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. |
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China's parliament spokesman says Xinjiang is stable
The situation in China's remote Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is stable, a parliament spokesman said Thursday, eight months after a deadly riot in the regional capital of Urumqi. |
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Climate change hurting Tibet
The impact of global warming is affecting the ecological environment of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, accelerating glacial shrinkage, reducing snow and increasing land desertification, officials said. |
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Ethnic minority get voices heard at CPPCC
Ethnic minority get voices heard at CPPCC |
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Five killed after car rolls down reservoir in Xinjiang
Five people, including a newborn baby, were killed after their car rolled down a reservoir in Yengisar county of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, authorities said Wednesday. |
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Bilingual teachers needed for Xinjiang Uygurs
Schools in northwest China's vast inland region, home to the country's densest population of Uygur ethnic group, are in dire need of bilingual teachers, fluent in both Mandarin (putonghua) and the Turkic dialect, a political advisor told Xinhua on Wednesday. |
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Tibet official hails Panchen Lama's new position
A high-ranking official of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Tuesday applauded the new position of the 11th Panchen Lama in the top advisory body, saying people of all ethnic groups in Tibet feel happy for that. |
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Beijing to invest $1.5b in Tibet environment
The Chinese central government will allocate a further investment of 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) by the end of 2015 to help protect and preserve the ecological environments in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Xinhua reported Tuesday. |
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Fresh avalanche kills two more in Xinjiang
Fresh avalanches killed two bulldozer drivers who were sent to start a clearance operation after 27 trapped miners were rescued in northwest China, news reports said. |
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Senior leader reveals measures on way for Xinjiang
Senior Chinese leader Zhou Yongkang has revealed that the government is preparing measures to boost the economic and social development of the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. |
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Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits Tibet
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit southern Tibet on Friday noon, according to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA). |
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Helicopters rescue the trapped in Xinjiang
Two helicopters were sent to deliver relief goods to people trapped in Songhu Iron and Keerke Mining Areas of Xinjiang due to continuous heavy snow and avalanches. |
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Xinjiang rumor mongers punished over texts
Hundreds of people in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have been punished for spreading rumors and separatist content via text messages during the Spring Festival holiday, local authorities said Thursday. |
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7 killed, hundreds trapped in Xinjiang avalanches
The death toll from avalanches in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has risen to four by Thursday, with nearly 500 others still trapped. |
