Chinese President, Xi Jinping, visits a Tibetan middle school in Xining, capital of Qinghai, on June 18, 2024. YUE YUEWEI / XINHUA VIA AFP Construction sites in China progress at breakneck speed ...

The origin of the chant was a group of Tibetan monks who sat facing a small platform where they would later create a piece of temporary art known as a mandala. The monks from the Drepung Gomang ...