A Tibetan kid reads a book in a boarding school in Xiahe Tibetan Autonomous County in southern part of Gansu Province, May 9, 2006. Tibetans live dispersedly in the remote Xiahe County which located in the edging part of Tibetan Plateau. In the past, lots of Tibetan children had to quit school due to far distance and poor traffic conditions. Great improvement has been made in nine boarding schools in the county, and more and more Tibetan children are coming back to school. [Xinhua Photo]

Tibetan kids read books in a boarding school in Xiahe Tibetan Autonomous County of southern part of Gansu Province, May 9, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]

Tibetan kids have their meals in the dorm in a boarding school in Xiahe Tibetan Autonomous County in southern part of Gansu Province, May 9, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]

Tibetan kids have their meals outside the dorm in a boarding school in Xiahe Tibetan Autonomous County in southern part of Gansu Province, May 9, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]

Tibetan kids read their books outside the dorm in a boarding school in Xiahe Tibetan Autonomous County in southern part of Gansu Province, May 9, 2006. [Xinhua Photo]