Daryl Maguire, chairman of New South Wales Parliament Asia Pacific Friendship group, hoped the Beauty of Tibet paintings and photos exhibition could help Australians better understand Tibet’s wonderful culture.
Altogether 140 paintings and 140 photographs by renowned contemporary Chinese artists and photographers will showcase the natural beauty and harmony of Tibet as well as its social and economic development, cultural preservation, religious freedom, environmental protection, people's life and so on.
An Australian scholar said China's image in the West has improved in the past 50 years but lags much behind the real progress on the ground.
Six months' work and $244m have restored an ancient area of Lhasa.
Tenzin Dhondub had only 15 students when he turned a courtyard home into a classroom to teach the Tibetan language in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.
Seven years after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway went into operation, the "roof of the world" is about to see more railways connecting it to other parts of China.
More than 1.18 million tourists visited Southwest China's Lhasa city, capital of Tibet autonomous region, between January and May.
Authorities in China's Tibet has required all Internet and phone users to provide real names to service operators to curb detrimental infomation.
For Chinese painter Li Xiaoke, Tibet is more than a vast land with amazing natural beauty. It is essentially the spiritual home of his art creation.
Daryl Maguire, chairman of New South Wales Parliament Asia Pacific Friendship group, hoped the Beauty of Tibet paintings and photos exhibition could help Australians better understand Tibet’s wonderful culture.
Chinese ambassador to Australia Chen Yuming delivers a speech during the reception for launching an art exhibition called "Beauty of Tibet" in Canberra, Australia Wednesday.
Altogether 140 paintings and 140 photographs will showcase the beauty and harmony of Tibet.
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