EL PAÍS travels to the autonomous region of China, where governments and NGOs denounce the violation of rights and Beijing claims it has implemented a successful development model ...

The map below shows the location of Lhasa and Beijing. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

Beijing will not recognise the Dalai Lama’s proposal for a foreign successor and will deal with reincarnation according to Chinese law, according to an official scholar on Tibetan Buddhism ...

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Pokhara International Airport, funded by Beijing, was inaugurated on January 1, 2023. The expectation was that Pokhara, as ...

The $215.96 million Pokhara International Airport, funded by Beijing, was inaugurated on January 1, 2023. The expectation was that Pokhara, as Nepal’s tourism capital, would no longer depend on ...

Sonam Tashi (2nd L) shares his story with family members in Chubzang village of Doilungdeqen District in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida) ...

The same invitation was extended to the Panchen Lama. Although the Tibetans in Lhasa were deeply concerned about my trip to Beijing, I decided that it was best that I go for the sake of my people.

Padma was 17 when the democratic reform was introduced in Xizang in 1959. Before the reform, the region had been ruled by feudal serfdom under a theocracy for centuries. Nearly 1 million serfs were ...

LHASA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- A new generation in southwest ... Cidan Yuzhen began as a race walker, but her trajectory shifted when Xizang prioritized snow sports ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter ...