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 situated ...
One of the central grievances behind recent unrest in Tibet is the marginalization of Tibetan language. While Tibetan is not among the 40% of China’s minority languages already threatened with ...
Tibetans often use the term Tibet to refer to a large Tibetan ethnic, linguistic, cultural, and historical area that includes what is now known as the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan areas ...
Topographic map of the Tibetan Plateau. Major rifts in south-central Tibet are labeled. The arrow indicates the Indian plate motion. The circles are intermediate-depth earthquakes (>=70 km, unusually ...
Some Cho Oyu teams entered Tibet today. Princess Asma al Thani of Qatar had received special permission to climb Shisha ...
correctionThe map accompanying an earlier version of this story misidentified the location of the Amdo region of Tibet. It has been updated. For as far as the eye could see, thousands of white tents ...
TAIPEI: A map drawn by a Japanese firm shows Tibet as part of India. The cartograph also shows China's southwestern Yunnan province as belonging to India, according to the web news portal want TAIPEI: ...