Tibet reminds me of mysterious, sacred. Discovering Tibet is more and more popular. How do you travel to Tibet for your private tour? Here is a piece of Tibet news from Xinhua News Agency:

Himalayas, on the southern rim of the Tibetan plateau.

Tibet to have 5 airports at end of 2010

Tibet will have five airports in operation at the year end, according to Zhang Qingli, top leader of Tibet Autonomous Region.

Zhang, secretary of the Tibet Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China, made the remark in an interview with People’s Daily online in Beijing on Monday.

Now Tibet has three airports in Lhasa, Nyingchi and Chamdo. “Tibet will open an airport in July and another at the end of this year. Then it will be more convenient for tourists to visit the region,” Zhang said.

He also called attention to the major role of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the region’s development. The railway has boosted the region’s tourism since it opened on July 1, 2006, according to the leader.

“Tibet was visited by four million tourists in 2007 and the number of visitors reached 5.61 million in 2009, thanks to the operation of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway,” Zhang said.

“It (5.61 million) is in line with the local situation since Tibet covers an area of 1.2 million sq km. So, we can say it is a vast region, and tourism will not affect the local environment because people’s environmental awareness is becoming increasingly higher,” Zhang said.

2010 World Expo is coming! It will be hosted in the vibrant city of Shanghai from May 1 to October 31, 2010. The theme of the 2010 Expo is “Better City, Better Life,” in Shanghai Expo you will explore future urban environments with your imagination. Shanghai 2010 Expo will take place in the center of Shanghai in a massive 5 square kilometer (2 square miles) site, along both sides of the Huangpu River.

Over 200 national and other pavilions will be represented, with 70 million visitors expected, making Shanghai 2010 World Expo a real global event focused on exchanging ideas in science, technology and culture. Travelers and visitors will be treated to fabulous architecture—from the Chinese pavilion’s traditional red, wooden inverted-pyramid design to the Swiss pavilion’s revolving chair lift system and the United Arab Emirates’ sand-dune concept.

In 2010 Expo, each pavilion will showcase actual cultural treasures on site, such as Denmark’s Little Mermaid statue and Finland’s saunas. Exhibits will be tied into theme of urbanization, including showcasing technology to combat global warming and bicycles for a greener urban lifestyle. Visitors will also get to sample the participating countries’ food, fashion and cultural entertainment, with more than 20,000 events planned for the 6-month period.

Admission tickets are required for all visitors. All together, there are nine types of tickets covering individuals and groups, including Peak Day tickets, when the largest crowds are expected (Peak Days include the Labor Day holiday from May 1-3, National Day holiday from Oct. 1-7 and the last week of the Expo, Oct. 25-31).

Baise – the city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is noted as a place of history – from both a very long time ago and modern China.

Picturesque scenery in Baise's Jiuzhou township. -Photo: China Daily

Discovery of a Paleolithic Age hand ax in some 800,000 years ago in Baise in 1970s surprised anthropologists and rewrote the history of human civilization in Asia.

About 80 years ago, the Chinese Seventh Army was establishing a revolutionary base and Soviet regime in Baise along the Youjiang River.

On Dec 11, 1929, Deng Xiaoping and other revolutionaries launched the Baise Uprising, among the earliest battles in the fight against the ruling Kuomintang.