New Lhasa , Tibet，since 2016

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Chinese ￥50 Yuan banknote, The Potala Palace, Lhasa
Unlike US dollars, Chinese currency has the several ethnic minority languages on them, Tibetan is one of them.

 

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City on the roof of the world
Lhasa new development district, TibetThe new development dstrict is on the other side of Lhasa River, used to be vast wastelands, much of the district is in a deep valley. New constructions are under way everywhere, a new Lhasa city is shaping.

 

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Tibetan local villager can't believe his eyes seeing how his primitive village had changed into a modern city in just 7 years.

 

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Tibetan local villager Lhakpa Tsering can't believe his eyes seeing how his primitive village had changed into a modern city in just 7 years.

 

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Lhakpa Tsering's granddaughter now can just take a school bus to go to school nearby

 

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Same spot of The Lhasa River, then and now

 

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Lhakpa Tsering‘s son says now everyone has a private car, it just takes 10 minutes drive to cross the river to Lhasa, but in the past , they had to take a sheepskin raft to do the crossing, it took over one hour to get to Lhasa from across the Lhasa River.

 

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Lhasa River, Tibet

 

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World heritage site . The Potala Palace. It's also on the Chinese money.

 

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Shared E-Bike in Lhasa, cheap and fast way to get around the city, great convenience for the locals.

 

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EVs are everywhere in Tibet, locals are very environmentally conscious.

 

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Museums in Lhasa, History museum, Geological Museum, Yak Museum, Natural Science Museum， library, Art Museum....

 

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