www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

   

'I see different Tibet': French hotel tycoon

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-19 15:24

SHANGHAI -- An eight-month bicycle ride from France to Cambodia has given 74-year-old Paul Dubrule a chance to see a different Tibet from what he had learnt in France.

"I spent three months riding through Tibet during that trip. This experience completely changed my perspective about the region," Dubrule, chairman and founder of the leading multinational hotel group Accor Group, said on Friday.

"Compared with those talking about Tibet in the French media but never setting foot in the region, I think I have more things to tell," he said.

In 2002, Dubrule, then 68, made a 15,000-kilometer journey by bicycle from his home at Fontainebleau to Siem Reap, Cambodia, during which he rode from Ngari in west Tibet to Qamdo in its east.

"Before arriving in Tibet, I thought local people were under repression of the central government as many other Westerners (thought)," he said.

But, during the tour, he saw schools, hospitals, power plants, airports, and especially highways.

"I saw many roads under construction," he said. "Along my way, I met many local people. Their life was not as good as in France but I found they were benefiting from the economic development."

Dubrule had read books about Tibet since the 1990s and many of them portrayed the Dalai Lama as a "saint" and "victim". But he later learnt in Tibet that under the Dalai Lama's rule there was no medical service in an area between Ngari and Lhasa. The former is about 1,000 km away from the latter.

"In Tibet, I found that people would like to have the region modernized rather than maintaining old lifestyles simply for tourists," he said.

He did not agree with the Dalai Lama who said economic development in Tibet was causing a disappearance of traditional culture. "If a culture can not move forwards with economic and social development, it will end up in the museum instead of blessing its people."

"Should anyone refuse development, schools and hospitals in the name of protecting culture and religion?"

In his 50,000-word travel book, "Le Test du Cocotier", he wrote about what he saw in Tibet and was criticized by some back home for his stance to support present policies in the autonomous region.

"I am not surprised. Because many French had not been to Tibet, most of the information they got about the region was biased or confused. The real Tibetan history is unknown to many," he said. "I believe that they will change once they have the access to more positive information and exchanges with Tibet."

His travel book was published in Chinese in 2005. On the book's cover, Dubrule, on his bike, passed several Tibetans worshipping local mountain spirits.

"Although I have never met the Dalai Lama, I would like to tell him that a country should protect the religious belief of its people but religions should not be a tool for people to turn against their country," he said.



Top China News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产成人久视频免费 | 成 人 黄 色 激 情视频网站 | 日韩a级 | 国产激情一区二区三区在线观看 | 88av在线视频| 天天干亚洲| 国产一区二区成人 | 免费播放国产性色生活片 | 久久国产影视免费精品 | 久久精品中文字幕有码日本 | 成人免费福利片在线观看 | ffyybb免费福利视频 | 私人毛片免费高清影视院丶 | 97精品国产91久久久久久 | 天堂中文资源在线8 | 亚洲视频在线观看 | 中文字幕亚洲国产 | 久久久久久久国产高清 | 日本国产欧美 | 日本久久网| 久久精品中文字幕有码日本 | 好吊妞998视频免费观看在线 | 国产亚洲人成网站在线观看不卡 | 成人欧美视频在线观看播放 | 一级伦理电线在2019 | 亚洲日韩aⅴ在线视频 | 日本黄页网站免费大全 | 久久aa毛片免费播放嗯啊 | 欧美精品成人 | 成人毛片免费免费 | 亚洲精品二区中文字幕 | 欧美日韩在线观看一区二区 | 在线观看中文字幕国产 | 欧美一级毛片片aa视频 | 一级做a爰片性色毛片视频图片 | 日本一区午夜爱爱 | 女人一级特纯黄大片色 | 俺来也俺来也天天夜夜视频 | 欧美日韩国产成人精品 | 国产日产久久高清欧美一区 | 欧美性色xo在线 |