Exhibition helps general public know Tibet better

Beijing, Feb. 25 (Chinese medianet) -- "Tibet has been an

inseparable part of China from ancient times, and it is the Chinese people's

common wish to safeguard the unification of the country," said Zhang Chengzhou,

a visitor toan exhibition on Tibet's democratic reform.

For those western anti-China forces in support of the

secessionist activities of Tibetan separatists, they will get nowhere and are

doomed to fail, said Zhang, in his 70s, who was very excited while writing down

this remark on a notebook at an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the

Democratic Reform in Tibet.

Zhang Chengzhou leaves message on a

notebook as his wife looks onaftervisiting an exhibition

marking the 50th anniversary of the Democratic Reform in Tibet Autonomous

Region in Beijing,Feb. 25, 2009. (Chinese medianet Photo)
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The exhibition, titled "Democratic Reform in the

Tibet Autonomous Region," opened in the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in

Beijing Tuesday and runs until April 10. On display are more than 500 photos,

180 objects and documents, demonstrating the remarkable achievements Tibet has

made over the last 50 years.

Learning about the exhibition via radio, Zhang and

his wife were eager to visit it, but they came on the second day of the

exhibition because they were too busy.

"I was very excited when I saw the pictures showing

that March 28 was designated as the Serf Emancipation Day on Jan. 19 this year.

All people around China should know this is a historical turning point in the

history of Tibet and history can not be distorted," said Cao Wei, Zhang's wife.

"We have been paying close attention to the

development of Tibet since the 1950s. So we have had a good understanding of

Tibet. Tibet has been developing really fast. The exhibition serves as a review

of what we have known in the past decades. "

"It is under the leadership of the Communist Party of

China that Tibet has made all these achievements today," added Zhang.

The couple asked all young people to visit the

exhibition, which will help them have a better knowledge of Tibet's history.

Shang Guihua, 60, went to the exhibition together

with her six-year-old grandson.

"Although he is too young to understand what has

happened in Tibet, I still want him to know something about it. There was an

exhibit on Tibet when I was just 10, I still remember how shocked I was to see

pictures showing the skin of a serf was stripped off."

Visitors read an electronic book on the

history of Tibet at an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the

Democratic Reform in Tibet Autonomous Region in Beijing,Feb. 25,

2009. (Chinese medianet Photo)
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Talking about the differences between the current

exhibition and the one held 50 years ago, Shang said the arrangements of

exhibits in the exhibition hall are more reasonable, and the use of high-tech

like computer and the interpretation of guides make the exhibition easier to

understand.

Speaking of Dalai clique's secessionist activities,

many visitors expressed their indignation and voiced their support for the

unification of China.

"It is wrong for the Dalai clique to attempt to split

Tibet from the motherland," said a visitor from Beijing. "What the clique has

done would never win popular support," she added.

"From my understanding, there would have been no new

Tibet without the Communist Party of China; Tibet would not have achieved its

stability and prosperity without the People's Liberation Army. The Dalai clique

is a reactionary double-dealer and the so-called 'Tibet Independence' is a dirty

trick used western hostile forces," said another visitor.

A guide introduces photosat an

exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Democratic Reform in Tibet

Autonomous Region in Beijing, Feb. 25, 2009. (Chinese medianet

Photo)
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Exhibit on Tibet's democratic reform

opens in Beijing

BEIJING,

Feb. 24 (Chinese medianet) -- An exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the

Democratic Reform in Tibet opened at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in

Beijing this morning. The exhibition will run through April 10.

Prof. Zhu Xiaoming, a senior official of the China Tibetan Studies Center, said that the exhibition aims to highlight the tremendous changes that has taken place in Tibet since the Democratic Reform began in 1959. He also asked those wishing to know Tibet better to visit the exhibition, saying it is a good opportunity.

A visitor looks at a prictureat an

exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Democratic Reform in Tibet

Autonomous Region in Beijing, Feb. 25, 2009. The exhibition opened on Feb.

24 and runs until April 10.(Chinese medianet Photo)
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Visitors watch a documentary showing the

past and present of Tibet at an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of

the Democratic Reform in Tibet Autonomous Region in Beijing,Feb. 25,

2009. (Chinese medianet Photo)
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