The city of Lhasa, once the heart of Tibetan civilisation and the spiritual seat of the Dalai Lama, has been systematically transformed into a militarised outpost of state control. For over six ...

Explore the Tibetan Plateau—home to Everest, rich Buddhist heritage, and breathtaking landscapes known as the Roof of the ...

Visitor numbers to the Tibet region reached 63 million last year, its highest ever. Travel agencies in Hong Kong, meanwhile, said more people from ...

OLD Sumchhung was the first to arrive on the steps of the San Francisco City Hall this month for a rally to commemorate the ...

In digesting Tibet's different regions, it's important to know a few things. First, there's a distinction between Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region (also referred to as the TAR). Tibet is ...

Tourism Board Pokhara chief, Mani Raj Lamichhane, believes the direct flights will significantly boost Chinese tourist ...

Now, 66 years after his dramatic escape from Lhasa, Tibet, his recently published book, unambiguously critical of Chinese President Xi Jinping, only decreases any prospects of his return home.

Tibetans have worked to protect the Tibetan language and resisted efforts to enforce Mandarin Chinese. But they are fighting ...

It was the early 1920s, and the young adventurer William Montgomery McGovern had managed to sneak into Lhasa, the "forbidden city" of Tibet. Few, if any, Westerners had ever made the journey. To reach ...

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit close to one of Tibet's most sacred cities on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit close to one of Tibet's most sacred cities on the ...