More than 350 trekkers escape blizzard-hit Everest, hundreds still stranded
Rescued trekkers reach China’s Qudang township while 200 others still face treacherous Everest conditions awaiting help.
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Who is celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake and how?
Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.
‘Dam for a dam’: India, China edge towards a Himalayan water war
Despite protests from locals, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam.
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Deadly earthquake hits Tibet’s Shigatse: What we know so far
Search for survivors has ended after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Tibet killed at least 126 and wounded dozens.
At least 126 killed as powerful earthquake hits Tibet
At least 188 injured as tremors also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India.
Stories of ‘beating the odds’ in China draw dark responses from wary public
Wave of online scepticism about two stories of survival and success in China point to deeper public dissatisfaction.
US imposes new China visa curbs over alleged ‘forced assimilation’ in Tibet
Experts have said about 1 million Tibetan children were being separated from their families at state boarding schools.
‘I wanted vengeance’: Tibet’s last resistance fighter
Tibet was communist China’s first conquest and now, Tibetans are working to tell the story of how they resisted Beijing.
Tibet’s Dalai Lama marks 88th birthday, prays for world peace
Birthday celebration held in India’s Dharamsala where the Dalai Lama has lived in exile for decades after fleeing Tibet.
Half of world’s largest lakes, reservoirs losing water: Study
New study finds unsustainable human use has led to more than half of the largest lakes drying up around the world.
Dalai Lama ‘unfairly labelled’ over tongue video: Tibet leader
Penpa Tsering says the Dalai Lama was called names that really hurt the ‘sentiment of all his followers’.
