China investing $27.8 billion in major construction projects on 60th ‘autonomous’ Tibet anniversary

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(TibetanReview.net, Jan20’25) –China said Jan 19 that its regional Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government will invest more than 200 billion yuan (about $27.8 billion) into the construction of major infrastructure projects on the 60th anniversary this year of its establishment. The TAR is roughly the western half of historical Tibet and China recently decided to refer to it only by its Sinicized name of Xizang (or Xizang Autonomous Region).

One of these projects is the Sichuan-Xizang Railway, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency Jan 19, citing Gama Cedain, acting chairman of the regional government, in a report delivered at the annual session...

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