City entrance gate to Lhasa

City entrance gate to Lhasa

The first impression every one makes is an arriving to a Chinese town with more than one Million inhabitants.
The second impression is the Chinese social orders, the traffic rules with red-light-cameras and a strict speed control.
Then after about three Kilometers you've the vista to the Potala palace on the left side hand and the first feeling of Tibetan impression.
At the present in Lhasa are living 1.1 Million inhabitants, but only 373.000 are origin Tibetans, the majorities are Han and Hui Chinese.