Tibet Sees 75% growth in foreign trade in 10 months

Save Tibet!

Save Tibet from the tourists!

But…what has happened is no doubt what Tibet had hoped would happen when the  Qinghai-Tibet Railway was completed on July 1st of last year.

Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province and Lhasa, capital of southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region were connected last year by a 1,956 km-long railway.

As a result…Tibet has seen its foreign trade rise by 75% to about $320 million.

$100 million worth of goods have been imported and $222 million worth of goods have been exported…from July 1st of last year to April 30th of this year.

Imports were up 170% and exports

were up 51% says the Lhasa Customs.

Of course, Beijing, no doubt wants the Tibetans to know what good can happen to the region should they become connected to the central and eastern part of the company. It's all part of the ploy to keep Tibet in the fold. No?

But…does it really matter who Tibet belongs to as long as the people can go about their daily lives, conduct business, educate their kids, and pursue dreams?