A day to remember, for Tibetans and all
10:17, January 20, 2009
Herdsman Nuri (R) of the Tibetan ethnic group talks with Briton Fredi at home at Jiaga Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 12, 2008. The People's Congress (legislature) of Tibet Autonomous Region endorsed a bill on Jan. 19, 2009 to designate March 28 as the Serfs Emancipation Day to mark the date on which about 1 million serfs in the region were freed 50 years ago. On March 28, 1959, China's central government announced it would dissolve the aristocratic local government of Tibet and replace it with a preparatory committee for establishing Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chogo) 
Primary school pupils perform traditional dance in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 5, 2008. Primary school and high school enrollment rates stood at 98.5 and 92.2 percent separately in 2008 in the region. (Xinhua/Chogo) 
File photo taken on April 30, 2008 in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region shows Tibetan undergraduates. There are six junior colleges with about 30,000 students in Tibet. (Xinhua/Chogo)
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