China’s Relocation of Rural Tibetans – Michael Bristow

After his earlier report on the effects of the Tibet railway, Michael Bristow wrote the second one regarding to “the effects of relocating huge numbers of rural people to urban areas.” From BBC News:

All along the main road from Lhasa to Tibet’s second city, Shigatse, new homes are being erected beneath the towering peaks.

The work is part of a huge relocation project that saw 290,000 rural people – 10% of Tibet’s population – moved into new homes last year alone….[Full Text]

[Image: Tibetans have been moved from houses like this..., via BBC]