The Potala Palace ... 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 then, in ...

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 ...

Luckily, Potala Palace is a common stop on Tibet tour group itineraries, so chances are you won't have to do much legwork. You must show up an hour before the time slot arranged by your tour guide ...

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 ...

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.

LHASA -- A relics site, first discovered in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region in 2019, has been identified as the ...

On 7 January 2025, Tibet, often referred to as the “roof of the world", experienced a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, which struck Tingri County in the Shigatse prefecture, ...

Promoted as “andesine” and purportedly from mines in Congo or Tibet, this material was subsequently found to be treated, but the resulting furor hindered the public’s trust in natural copper-bearing ...

Crystal Palace were dealt a huge blow when Chelsea decided to exercise their recall option for centre-back Trevoh Chalobah, writes Peter Griffiths.