China reopens Tibet to foreign tourists 3 months after violent riots

Tibet reopened to tourists Wednesday, three months after the Chinese government banned visits by foreigners after violent anti-government riots and protests. Officials from the Tibetan Tourism Bureau say the first group of foreign tourists, from Sweden, arrived at the Lhasa airport on Wednesday morning. China threw a curtain around Tibet and areas in nearby provinces with sizable Tibetan populations after the March violence, citing the safety of foreign tourists and journalists.

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China Embarrased By Their Tourists 2 years 15 weeks ago

This Reuters article gives the run-down on what the government is doing to educate Chinese tourists on how to act while on holiday. The etiquette campaign was announced as the country hit the two-year-out mark from the Beijing 2008 Olympics. It is feared that domestic tourists' bad manners may give people the wrong opinion about China.

Xian Beggar Exposes Breasts to Shocked Foreign Tourists 12 weeks 1 day ago

A Chinese woman in Xian begging money from foreign tourists suddenly lifts up her shirt and exposes her breasts. Chinese netizens embarrassed and frustrated.

Tibetan newspaper condemns secessionists' violent activities 1 week 3 days ago

Tibet Daily, a leading newspaper in the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China, has condemned the Dalai Lama and his supporters for their continued support of secession by violent means while waving the banner of "peace".

Bush will attend Olympic opening ceremonies 21 weeks 6 days ago

President Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing, the White House said Thursday. The announcement quashed any talk of a presidential boycott over China’s violent crackdown after anti-government riots and protests in Tibet.

The White House had been reluctant to confirm Bush’s plans for the opening event, although there was no doubt he would attend the Olympic Games.

Dalai Lama Shows Support for Olympics, and Protests 34 weeks 19 hours ago

TOKYO — The Dalai Lama said Thursday that he supported Beijing’s hosting of the Summer Olympics, but he insisted that pro-Tibet demonstrators had the right to voice their opinions during the international torch relay as long as they refrained from violence.

Climbing Tibet from China in 2007…. 1 year 45 weeks ago

Despite government restrictions there will be at least one climbing group in association with the Tibet Guide School and the Tibetan Mountaineering Association.

Interview: Answering the call for on-demand interpreting in China 26 weeks 1 day ago

Leisure and business travel to China is booming, mobile phones services have caught up to developed world standards and the Olympics, which China is expecting to attract half a million foreign tourists, are two months away.

Chinese tourists in Kyrgyzstan buy nuclear waste as souvenir 10 weeks 1 day ago

HOT ROCKS! Not knowing what they had actually bought, the tourists sliced off a piece of the stone and took it to experts from Beijing's Tsinghua University. After identifying the souvenir as a piece of depleted uranium, the scientists called the police.

Post-Olympic Tibet 9 weeks 6 days ago

From Beijing's white paper:

"Before 1959 the 14th Dalai Lama, as a leader of Tibetan Buddhism and also head of the Tibetan local government, monopolized both political and religious power."

Sounds familiar. Anything else?