Abdilahi Ismail Abdilahi from Somalia felt like he was still flying in the air after he landed in Nyingchi, a city that sits at an average altitude of some 3,000 meters in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.
During his very first trip to Tibet, Ismail found the place to be “very different” from what he had read in the news earlier on. “It’s a pleasant surprise,” he told Xinhua in an interview, adding that he was impressed by the green mountains, soaring highways, unique farming and pastoral areas and Tibetan-style buildings.
“Previously, I couldn’t believe that Tibet was developing so fast,” said Ismail, who teaches at the School of African Studies of Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Ismail visited Tibet from May 16 to 22, alongside more than 80 diplomatic envoys, experts in various fields, media and business representatives, and international students. He is not the only one…
