Tibet On Swift March Of Modernization
Yuba Nath Lamsal In August 2014, China’s State Council Information Office and Tibet’s provincial administration jointly convened a conference in Lhasa with the theme of “Development In Tibet: Opportunities and Alternatives”. More than 100 international guests from 30 different countries attended the event and acquired first hand information on the newer developments while sharing views on different aspects of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China. The event was first of its kind ever organized by Chinese authorities in Tibet’s capital Lhasa with the objective of providing international guests and participants ranging from analysts, members of academia, scientists and environmentalists to journalists an opportunity to see through their own eyes and acquire firsthand information as to what Tibet is today. The participants were startled to see the level and scale of development and modernization of Tibet over the last six decades since Tibet was emancipated from feudal serf