Xinhua Headlines: Past and present: 40 years of change in the lives of the Chinese people

The upper part of this combo photo taken in 1994 shows 24-year-old Jamba (2nd R) and his brothers posing for a group photo on their truck as they run a transportation business in Ali, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Jamba in 1986 started his transportation business with a hand tractor and in 1993 he extended his business with a newly-bought carrier vehicle. The lower part of the combo photo taken by Purbu Zhaxi on Nov. 26, 2018 shows 48-year-old Jamba (2nd R) and his brothers posing for a photo in front of a private car of their family. In 2012, Jamba set up his own transportation company and then he bought a private car. (Xinhua)