When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...

As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025 ...

Geologically, the Tibetan Plateau ranks among the most seismically active areas worldwide, serving as a convergence zone for the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates ...

Located close to one of Bolivia's major cities, La Paz, El Alto International is the highest international airport in the ...

On January 7, 2025, a devastating earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck the Shigatse region of Tibet, resulting in over 120 fatalities and injuring hundreds. Nearly 50 aftershocks ...

Then, a small town and terminus of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Lhasa was 1,169 kilometers onwards by road! In 2006 that city and indeed Xizang, was finally linked, by rail with the rest of China. Since ...

Lightening Jr, a search and rescue dog from the Chongqing Blue Sky Rescue Team, has captured online attention thanks to its rescue efforts across several villages in Lhatse county, Shigatse of the ...

The former chairman of Tibet has been placed under investigation for alleged corruption as part of a wider crackdown in the western Chinese region. The investigation into Qizhala comes at a ...

The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.

Concerns swirling over China's recently approved plan to construct the world's largest hydroelectric dam in southern Tibet. It will be built on Tibet's longest river, the Yarlung Tsangpo ...