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Scientists study water exchange in Tibet for better climate model

Dr. Yang Kun still keeps a shaky cellphone video he took six years ago. In the video, dense clouds scud down the mountainside like a tide of ink. The location is in Yadong County in China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on the border with In...

2019-05-21

Tibetan's dream to be train driver comes true

As the only ethnic Tibetan high-speed train driver in China, 40-year-old Losong Tsering was elated when he sat in the driver's cabin on the Lanzhou-Xining section of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway for the first time in 2017.

2019-05-21

Nepali Kami Rita Sherpa climbs Mount Qomolangma a record-breaking 22 times

Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa on Wednesday scaled the world's highest peak, Mount Qomolangma, for a record breaking 22nd time, government officials confirmed.

2019-05-18

Tibetans develop a taste for the West

Dorje didn't even pause to lick his greasy fingers after finishing off a piece of fried chicken.

2019-05-15

Tradition sits alongside changing tastes in Lhasa

It had been five years since I last visited Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, and I couldn't wait to go to the traditional Tibetan teahouse I love.

2019-05-15

Three generations of train engineers track progress of country's railways

When Li Renchao became a train engineer in 1959, he did not think it would become a family affair. Both his son and grandson have worked for China's railways, reflecting the country's development from steam power to internal combust...

2019-05-13

Lhoba of Tibet find new ways of living

The Lhoba people, an ethnic minority group in the Tibet autonomous region, took less than 40 years to modernize from their primitive hunting lives deep in the mountains.

2019-04-19

Thangka masters pass on 'persistent spirit'

Inheritors of the craft see value in its history and insist on creating them the traditional way

2019-04-18

Show on the road

Tibetan director Pema Tseden's latest movie is a tale of redemption set against the stunning backdrop of the Hoh Xil nature reserve, Xu Fan reports.

2019-04-18

Artist shows real Tibet with traditional touches in modern design

By the age of 18, Nyema Droma had drawn attention, as well as controversy, with her photography showing local Tibetan people's modern lives.

2019-04-17

85-year-old Dequ's sorrows and joys in life

Dequ, female, born in December 1934, is a resident of the Nambar Neighborhood Committee in Nang Township, Nang County, Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet.In March, on the banks of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Dequ recalled her life and tol...

2019-04-15

83-year-old former serf: I want to live another 60 years

83-year-old Norjo lives in Lage Village, Gungtang Township, Damshung County, southwest China's Tibet. Before the democratic reform in Tibet, Norjo and his mother, aunt, and three brothers had to go begging to make a living.

2019-04-14

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