LHASA, April 5, 2005 (Xinhua) -- An Austrian tourist takes pictures shortly after his arrival in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 3, 2005. Members of a 321-member Austrian tour group, the largest ever seen in Tibet, started to arrive in Lhasa on Sunday. (Xinhua Photo/Purbu Zhaxi)

LHASA, April 5, 2005 (Xinhua) -- A local Tibetan girl smiles as the track-laying of the Qinghai-Tibet railway project comes into the suburbs of Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Linking Golmud in the northwestern Qinghai Province and Lhasa, the 1,142-kilometers railway is expected to open to traffic in 2007.

LHASA, April 5, 2005 (Xinhua) -- Austrian tourists are greeted by a local girl shortly after their arrival in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 3, 2005. Members of a 321-member Austrian tour group, the largest ever seen in Tibet, started to arrive in Lhasa on Sunday. (Xinhua Photo/Purbu Zhaxi)