Prior to the Emancipation Day for One Million Serfs in Tibet on March 28, Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China＇s Central Committee and state president, paid a visit to the exhibition on the 50...Prior to the Emancipation Day for One Million Serfs in Tibet on March 28, Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China＇s Central Committee and state president, paid a visit to the exhibition on the 50 Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet held in the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing. Other Party and government leaders Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang also visited the exhibition separately.展开更多
On the cold morning of February 24, 2009, a few hundred people were gathered outside Beijing Cultural Palace of the Nationalities. Among them were ethnic Tibetan students of the Central University for Nationalities, r...On the cold morning of February 24, 2009, a few hundred people were gathered outside Beijing Cultural Palace of the Nationalities. Among them were ethnic Tibetan students of the Central University for Nationalities, retired Tibetan cadres and people from all walks of life. They were waiting for the opening of the exhibition 50 Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet.展开更多
WE say capitalism is notgood, but when it comes to discovering and using talents, it iscertainly very bold. It has a characteristic, which is taken for granted, that no priority is given to seniority, and that anyone ...WE say capitalism is notgood, but when it comes to discovering and using talents, it iscertainly very bold. It has a characteristic, which is taken for granted, that no priority is given to seniority, and that anyone suit-展开更多
Padma was 17 when the democratic reform was introduced in Xizang in 1959.Before the reform,the region had been ruled by feudal serfdom under a theocracy for centuries.Nearly one million serfs were subjected to estate-...Padma was 17 when the democratic reform was introduced in Xizang in 1959.Before the reform,the region had been ruled by feudal serfdom under a theocracy for centuries.Nearly one million serfs were subjected to estate-holders'cruel exploitation and oppression.Padma was one of them.展开更多
Over the 60 years since the establishment of the Xizang Autonomous Region,one indicator has been particularly remarkable:the average life expectancy of the local population has surged from 35.5 years before the democr...Over the 60 years since the establishment of the Xizang Autonomous Region,one indicator has been particularly remarkable:the average life expectancy of the local population has surged from 35.5 years before the democratic reform to 72.5 years in today,an increase of 37 years.Behind this number lies an unprecedented miracle of development on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau,a hymn to life composed by political system reform,economic development,social security,education popularization,medical progress,and infrastructure improvement.展开更多
"Peaceful liberation,democratic reform,the establishment of the Autonomous Region...Every step of change occurred in Xizang has opened a window for cultural inheritance,"said Jorga,China’s first doctorate o..."Peaceful liberation,democratic reform,the establishment of the Autonomous Region...Every step of change occurred in Xizang has opened a window for cultural inheritance,"said Jorga,China’s first doctorate of Tibetan music,in an interview.His story embodies the sixty-year journey of Xizang’s ethnic music-from melodies once cherished deep within the plateau to a resonant voice now heard on the world stage.展开更多
Old Xizang long practiced theocratic feudal serfdom in whichpolitical and religious authority were merged. In March 1959,under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, acomprehensive democratic reform centered ...Old Xizang long practiced theocratic feudal serfdom in whichpolitical and religious authority were merged. In March 1959,under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, acomprehensive democratic reform centered on abolishing this feudalserfdom was launched throughout Xizang.展开更多
Western and Islamic societies suffer from a common ailment-their citizens are losing trust in the basic integrity of their political institutions.There is a growing sense that systematic injustices are the core reason...Western and Islamic societies suffer from a common ailment-their citizens are losing trust in the basic integrity of their political institutions.There is a growing sense that systematic injustices are the core reasons behind economic,political and social crises.The result is a global decline of political authority.Embattled liberals in the West and the Islamic world want to bolster struggling democracies,new and old.Both groups see religion as indispensable in coping with chronic crises of legitimacy.Western liberalism’s sense of vulnerability is paving the way for a rediscovery of Islamic Modernism.Western liberals hope that open-minded Muslims can help them combat fundamentalisms of all stripes,including extremist tendencies surging in America and Europe.Today’s Islamic Modernists comprise an influential network of writers,interest groups and activists that can be valuable allies in transnational struggles for democracy and religious tolerance.展开更多
文摘Prior to the Emancipation Day for One Million Serfs in Tibet on March 28, Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China＇s Central Committee and state president, paid a visit to the exhibition on the 50 Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet held in the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing. Other Party and government leaders Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang also visited the exhibition separately.
文摘On the cold morning of February 24, 2009, a few hundred people were gathered outside Beijing Cultural Palace of the Nationalities. Among them were ethnic Tibetan students of the Central University for Nationalities, retired Tibetan cadres and people from all walks of life. They were waiting for the opening of the exhibition 50 Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet.
文摘WE say capitalism is notgood, but when it comes to discovering and using talents, it iscertainly very bold. It has a characteristic, which is taken for granted, that no priority is given to seniority, and that anyone suit-
文摘Padma was 17 when the democratic reform was introduced in Xizang in 1959.Before the reform,the region had been ruled by feudal serfdom under a theocracy for centuries.Nearly one million serfs were subjected to estate-holders'cruel exploitation and oppression.Padma was one of them.
文摘Over the 60 years since the establishment of the Xizang Autonomous Region,one indicator has been particularly remarkable:the average life expectancy of the local population has surged from 35.5 years before the democratic reform to 72.5 years in today,an increase of 37 years.Behind this number lies an unprecedented miracle of development on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau,a hymn to life composed by political system reform,economic development,social security,education popularization,medical progress,and infrastructure improvement.
文摘"Peaceful liberation,democratic reform,the establishment of the Autonomous Region...Every step of change occurred in Xizang has opened a window for cultural inheritance,"said Jorga,China’s first doctorate of Tibetan music,in an interview.His story embodies the sixty-year journey of Xizang’s ethnic music-from melodies once cherished deep within the plateau to a resonant voice now heard on the world stage.
文摘Old Xizang long practiced theocratic feudal serfdom in whichpolitical and religious authority were merged. In March 1959,under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, acomprehensive democratic reform centered on abolishing this feudalserfdom was launched throughout Xizang.
文摘Western and Islamic societies suffer from a common ailment-their citizens are losing trust in the basic integrity of their political institutions.There is a growing sense that systematic injustices are the core reasons behind economic,political and social crises.The result is a global decline of political authority.Embattled liberals in the West and the Islamic world want to bolster struggling democracies,new and old.Both groups see religion as indispensable in coping with chronic crises of legitimacy.Western liberalism’s sense of vulnerability is paving the way for a rediscovery of Islamic Modernism.Western liberals hope that open-minded Muslims can help them combat fundamentalisms of all stripes,including extremist tendencies surging in America and Europe.Today’s Islamic Modernists comprise an influential network of writers,interest groups and activists that can be valuable allies in transnational struggles for democracy and religious tolerance.
