Lhasa: Streets with Memories

The China Journal;  January 1, 2008 ;     675 words ...Lhasa: Streets with Memories, by Robert Barnett. New York: Columbia University...US$24.50/16.00 (hardcover). Robert Barnett was in Lhasa during the 1987 protests, witnessing...is a fascinating account of Lhasa, into which he weaves observations...

Lhasa: a city evolving toward a modern metropolis

Xinhua News Agency;  February 23, 2006 ;     271 words ...Lhasa: a city evolving toward a modern metropolis LHASA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Traffic jams are no longer rare in Lhasa, though they were beyond imagination only a decade ago. Streams of pedestrians, vehicles...

3rd Ld: Earthquake jolts area near Lhasa, Tibet

Xinhua News Agency;  October 6, 2008 ;     263 words ...3rd Ld: Earthquake jolts area near Lhasa, Tibet BEIJING/LHASA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Injuries have been reported after an...measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted Damxung County in Lhasa, the Tibet Autonomous Region capital, at 4:30 p.m. Monday...

How Far is Lhasa?

Xinhua English Newswire;  July 17, 1996 ;     356 words ...How far is Lhasa? It depends on how you get there. For 63-year...director of Xinhua News Agency's Tibet Branch, Lhasa is a place that takes months to reach...Tibet and Sichuan Province, and arrived in Lhasa three months later. "All the roads were...

Historic Changes in Lhasa

Xinhua English Newswire;  February 23, 1999 ;     488 words ......have also speeded up economic growth in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, the city's mayor, Qiangba...Since the central government designated Lhasa as one of the country's first group of...350-year-old city. The urban district of Lhasa remained within three square kilometers...

Tibetan Monks Mount Small Protest; Chinese Police Quickly Disperse...

The Washington Post;  September 29, 1988 ;     349 words ......Buddhist monks in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa yesterday after the authorities imposed tighter controls on the city, a western visitor in Lhasa said today. European tourists reached by telephone in Lhasa said notices went up in hotels four days...

Shards of a Nation.(Lhasa, Tibet, has turned into Chinese city)

Newsweek International;  May 31, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Lhasa, once the capital of independent Tibet, has become the very...and other nighttime haunts that crop up in any boomtown. Lhasa's only flaw, perhaps, is that the city fails to advertise...these are old, he says. But the rest--this is a Chinese city. Lhasa was never large. In 1946 the population of its ...

Bus service between Kathmandu, Lhasa to start in May

Xinhua News Agency;  February 4, 2005 ;     255 words ...Bus service between Kathmandu, Lhasa to start in May KATHMANDU, Feb. 4 (Xinhua...Kathmandu with China's historical city of Lhasa by bus is expected to be materialized from...direct bus services between Kathmandu and Lhasa from May 1," Radio Nepal on Friday quoted...

4th Ld-Writethru: Earthquake jolts area near Lhasa, killing at least 9

Xinhua News Agency;  October 6, 2008 ;     608 words ...4th Ld-Writethru: Earthquake jolts area near Lhasa, killing at least 9 LHASA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed in a strong earthquake that jolted a county near Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region...

Lhasa: The heart and soul of Tibet

China Daily;  November 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region the political...300 years. Great changes have taken place in the city of Lhasa since the reforms and opening-up in 1979. The area has seen...There are more than10,000 commercial stores in the city. Lhasa's suburbs are developed in agriculture. Vegetables ...

First train from Lanzhou to Lhasa runs on Qinghai-Tibet railway

Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2006 ;     340 words ...First train from Lanzhou to Lhasa runs on Qinghai-Tibet railway LANZHOU...Province, began its 2,188-km journey for Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region...at 4:45 p.m. Sunday and will arrive in Lhasa at 10:33 p.m. Monday. The train consists...

TIBET. Lhasa. 2000. A mother carries her child through Barkhor, the last...

Magnum Photos;  January 1, 2000 ;     165 words ......McCurry Magnum Photos 01-01-2000 TIBET. Lhasa. 2000. A mother carries her child through Barkhor, the last traditional quarter of Lhasa. Keywords: Garment Xizang Xizang Tibetan...Photograph Means of transport Clothing Lhasa Human being Exterior Child Photographic...

3rd LD: Train leaves Chengdu for Lhasa

Xinhua News Agency;  July 1, 2006 ;     349 words ...3rd LD: Train leaves Chengdu for Lhasa CHENGDU, July 1 (Xinhua) -- A passenger...Province at 6:18 p.m. Saturday, heading for Lhasa, capital of neighboring Tibet Autonomous...is expected to arrive at the terminal of Lhasa in 48 hours and 10 minutes. According to...

Lhasa; Crossing Borders

Pittsburgh City Paper;  October 5, 2005 ;     241 words ...LHASA DE SELA, 13 years old, is living in San Francisco when she...converted school bus. That's the story told to journalists by Lhasa's public-relations team, anyway, and it's a good one. After...world than a world-music vocalist with a global outlook? And Lhasa, as it happens, never stopped traveling. ...

More Tibetan protests erupt as foreign diplomats leave Lhasa

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 30, 2008 ;     486 words ......protests erupt as foreign diplomats leave Lhasa THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 03-30-2008...protests broke out in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Saturday as foreign diplomats wrapped...reported. A protest began in the afternoon at Lhasa's Ramoche monastery and grew to involve...