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 ...

Tibet was hit by a second earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter Scale on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for ...

Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have inspected since a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the southwest region last week ...

Rescuers are working frantically in freezing temperatures to recover as many survivors as possible after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Tibet. Early Tuesday morning, many people in Tibet ...

This report, based entirely on primary sources, documents the emerging trends in political repression in Tibet, an area which for the purposes of this report includes both the mountainous plateau ...

In 1992, Nebuka enlisted the help of friends in the area to obtain a special travel permit from the Nepalese government. He entered Tibet from Dolpo (Torbo), a region in northwest Nepal ...

The area where the dam is being built is prone to earthquakes. The Tibetan river being dammed, the Yarlung Tsangpo, flows into neighboring India as the Brahmaputra and into Bangladesh as the ...

The earthquake that hit Tibet's holy Shigatse city around 09:00 ... which also showed a series of aftershocks in the area. Tremors were also felt in neighbouring Nepal and parts of India.