A woman of the Tibetan ethnic group votes during an election in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on January 20, 2008. [Xinhua]

Two women pose for photos in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on February 11, 2008. Tibet Autonomous Region is in its best period of development after 50 years of economic development and social progress under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, according to the white paper titled "Fifty Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet" released on March 2, 2009 by the Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet. [Xinhua]