In pictures: daily life inside Tibet (30 images)

Tibetan women wait outside a traditional Tibetan hospital in Kangding, a small county in the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, on May 20, 2016. China's central government is investing heavily in the development of the Tibetan Prefecture, building schools, roads, hydroelectric dams and general infrastructure projects. The Tibetan area is normally off-limits to foreign journalists, with the Chinese government tightly controlling the prefecture's growth - which sometimes conflicts with the Tibetans' traditional way of life. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI

A Chinese tourist grabs a soft-boiled egg, cooked in a hot spring, near the Mugecuo plateau lake, part of the development of the local tourism industry, in Kangding, a small county in the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, on May 20, 2016. China's central government is investing heavily in the development of the Tibetan Prefecture, building schools, roads, hydroelectric dams and general infrastructure projects. The Tibetan area is normally off-limits to foreign journalists, with the Chinese government tightly controlling the prefecture's growth - which sometimes conflicts with the Tibetans' traditional way of life. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI

A Tibetan woman watches foreign journalists cross the historical Luding Bridge over the Dadu River in Luding, a small county in the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, on May 17, 2016. The bridge was instrumental in the Red Army's victory during the Long March. China's central government is investing heavily in the development of the Tibetan Prefecture, building schools, roads, hydroelectric dams and general infrastructure projects. The Tibetan area is normally off-limits to foreign journalists, with the Chinese government tightly controlling its growth - which sometimes conflicts with the Tibetans' way of life. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI

Tibetan students exercise at a new middle school in Kangding, a small county in the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, on May 20, 2016. China's central government is investing heavily in the development of the Tibetan Prefecture, building schools, roads, hydroelectric dams and general infrastructure projects. The Tibetan area is normally off-limits to foreign journalists, with the Chinese government tightly controlling the prefecture's growth - which sometimes conflicts with the Tibetans' traditional way of life. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI