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Top Ten Destinations in China

TOP 1: Namjagbarwa Peak (Tibet Autonomous Region): Paradise in the Clouds. TOP 2: Mountain Gongga or Minya Konka (Sichuan Province): Where the wind stops to rest. TOP 3: Qomolangma Peak (Tibet Autonomous Region): The soul’s sentinel. TOP 4: Meili Sn... ...full story at Boots n All

from Boots n All on Wed, Feb 27 2008

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10 Feb 09 visit Qinghai Province Part 1-2  »  YouTube videoQinghai ( Chinese: 青海; pinyin: Qīnghǎi) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake. It borders Gansu on the northeast, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region on the northwest, Sichuan on the southeast, and Tibet Autonomous ...
19 Nov 09 visit Backgrounder: Namjagbarwa Peak in Tibet  »  People's Daily &$ &$Namjagbarwa Peak (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ Namjagbarwa Peak, located in Nyingchi Region of Tibet Autonomous Region, is reputed to be Paradise in the Clouds. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Himalayas have been hailed as humankind's last land of...
04 Aug 09 visit 1st atlas compiled in Tibet  »  People's Daily &$ &$The cover of the "Tibet Autonomous Region Atlas". (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ 3.3 million yuan has been invested to compile colorful "Tibet Autonomous Region Atlas", sources from TAR Surveying & Mapping Bureau. "Tibet Autonomous Region Atlas" as the...
09 Oct 07 visit Road to Everest just got better  »  Shanghai Daily THE first improvements to the only highway to Mount Qomolangma (Mount Everest), the world's highest peak, have been completed, a senior official of China's Tibet Autonomous Region has revealed. The work, the first since the road to the mountain's Base...
11 Oct 07 visit First improvements to world's highest roadway completed  »  People's Daily The first improvements to the only highway to Mount Qomolangma (Mount Everest), the world's highest peak, have been completed, says a senior official of China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The work, the first since the road to the moun ...
20 Jul 09 visit Tibet tourism rebounds  »  People's Daily Tibet is preparing for its summer tourism peak. The season is the best time on the plateau. The autonomous region has recently recorded a sharp increase in visitors numbers. In the first 6 months of this year, some one-and-a-half million tourists...

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