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must have entered Tibet. Prior to the exploration of Saraṭ Chanḍra Ḍās it was not an uncommon sight, I have been told, to see a party of naked priests, each carrying a water-vessel made of gourd, and iron tongs, and with faces smeared with ashes, proceeding towards Tibet. Though official relations had ceased between Tibet and India, their people therefore were bound together by some friendly connexions till quite recently. It is not unlikely that if the Indian Government had made at that time some advances acceptable to Tibet, it would have succeeded in establishing cordial relations with the latter.
The exploration of Saraṭ Chanḍra Ḍās disguised as an ordinary Sikkimese priest, and the frontier trouble that followed it, completely changed the attitude of Tibet towards India and the outer world and made it adopt a strict policy of exclusion. The publication of the results of that exploration directed the attention of the Indian Government to the question of delimiting the boundary between Sikkim, its protectorate, and Tibet. It was at that time that the Tibetan Government adopted most indiscreet measures at the instance of a fanatical Nechung, and proceeded to build a fort at a frontier place which distinctly belonged to Sikkim. The Tibetan Government is said to have at first hesitated to follow that insidious advice, but the Nechung was clamorous and declared that his presence in the fort would disarm any troops which the Indian Government might send against it. Tibet therefore, continued the fanatic, need not be afraid of the Indian Government and must proceed to construct a fort with all promptitude. He argued that the presence of a fort would go far towards promoting Tibet's cause in settling the boundary dispute and the fort would become the permament boundary mark.
Accordingly the fort was built at a place that was beyond the legitimate boundary line of Tibet. Soon the Indian
During the first three quarters of this year, the Tibet autonomous region's GDP reached more than 130 billion yuan ($20 billion)-up 6.3 percent year-on-year-placing its growth above all other regions and provinces in China.
The growth came despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to ravage the globe.
In the first quarter, the region's GDP attained year-on-year growth of 1 percent, making it the only region to see a positive growth in China during the period, according to Xinhua News Agency.
For the first half of the year, the region's GDP increased 5.1 percent, the fastest among the 16 Chinese provinces and regions that saw positive economic growth.
Tibet's economy strongly relies on projects initiated by the central government and other Chinese provinces. So far this year, the region has received investments of 59.6 billion yuan from the central government. Taskbar showing up in game.
To date, 540 Tibetan aid projects have been implemented in the region, thanks to the financial support. Funds allocated to help Tibet increased 51.3 percent year-on-year.
The growth was fueled largely by the bio-economic, tourism, digital and clean energy industries. The digital industry alone saw a year-on-year growth of 37 percent between January and September this year.
The Tibet Ningsuan Technology Group, with an investment of more than 11.8 billion yuan, is building the world's highest big data center in Lhasa, the regional capital.
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'Since we started in 2017, the local government has given us a variety of support, which has largely accelerated the project,' Jiang Ning, the company president, was quoted as saying by Xinhua News Agency.
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Tourism, the region's traditional pillar industry, capitalized on the momentum. According to a statement from the regional government's website, Tibet received more than 8 million tourists in the first half of the year, ranking No 1 in tourism market recovery in China-up 27 percent year-on-year in May and 37 percent in June-after gaining control of the COVID-19 epidemic.
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Hu Xiongying, an official of Lunang International Tourism Town in Tibet's Nyingchi city, said during the National Day holiday in October, the town received more than 51,000 tourists, up 66.8 percent year-on-year, and tourism revenue hit more than 5.6 million yuan, up 66.4 percent year-on-year.
Nie Chi, the owner of Tibet Torch Culture and Media Co, said his company has seen income rise 35 percent compared with the previous year.
'There's a sharp growth in design and creativity services in the region's special traditional industries and green enterprises,' he said. 'The expansion of the creative industry market space shows Tibet's industries are growing toward refinement and green technology creativity.'
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In the last five years, Tibet's GDP growth led the nation with an average annual rate of 9.3 percent.
Thubten Khedrub, a professor from Tibet University, said if the region can maintain the trend, the economic gap between it and the rest of the country will quickly narrow.
