This is also where the popular Nagchu Horse Racing Festival takes place in August. Tibet is pretty safe for tourists. That's because the Chinese keep a very watchful eye on Tibetans. Not only are ...

A new study reveals that Tibetan communities have developed unique adaptations to survive in the low-oxygen conditions of the Tibetan Plateau.

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 ...

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The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, which could affect nearby countries. By Tiffany May Isabelle Qian and ...

Tibet? Not so much. But in its focused, unshowy, methodical way, “Frontline”’s “Battle for Tibet’’ makes the case that the world should be paying closer attention to the isolated ...

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

At one point, Potala also acted as the seat of the Tibetan government ... in Buddhism used to commemorate a sacred person, place or event) where former Dalai Lamas are buried.

"Then I realized that everything was shaking." When the earth shook in Tibet on Tuesday, January 7, Kobusch was in a place that was anything but earthquake-proof: in his tent on Mount Everest at ...