Features_Kangba TV

Cycling on isolated plateaus is my passion

For the past 10 years I have been crazy about cycling on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Every summer vacation, I spend a month biking across the plateau.In 2014, I set out on a cycle route with five other people in Ngari prefecture in the far w...

2019-07-10

New yak breed brings herders renewed hope

Scientists have spent years propagating the hornless species to improve livestock and livelihoodsUnder the touch of petite scientist Yan Ping, a tall and powerful black yak, weighing more than 400 kilograms, becomes as obedient as a lamb.

2019-07-08

China Focus: Herdsmen guarding China's "water tower"

Lekga, 55-year-old herdsman in northwest China's Qinghai Province, has a new job in the Sanjiangyuan National Park in the province -- guarding the environment.The national park, also known as the Three-River-Source National Park, is hom...

2019-07-07

Profile: Guarding the legendary epic of King Gesar

Some call it "The Iliad of the East," but it is believed to be dozens of times longer than Homer's work.For centuries, folk artists in the snow-covered plateau of Tibet, southwest China, travelled the region telling and singing stories ...

2019-07-04

Across China: A life with yaks

Yaks saved his life, and he spent most of his life promoting the animal. "I have started watching and studying them since then," Wu said. "I grew really fond of them, and I wanted to know more about the species."

2019-06-20

Greater awareness is key to solving problems

Last month, I was assigned to Kongpo'gyada county, Tibet autonomous region, on a two-day medical assistance program. It was the first time I had traveled to Tibet as a volunteer doctor, but it was easy to identify the most common illnes...

2019-06-20

Return from heaven

The climbing season ended days ago on China's side of the world's highest mountain, and Tibetan guide Tashi Tsering has come down, laden with trash left by careless foreigners, fulfilling his promise to the mountain god. But his min...

2019-06-17

I wanted to ride the rails all over again

When I heard I was being sent on a two-week interview tour along the route of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, it felt like I had hit the jackpot.According to guide books and friends who had experienced the journey, when I rode the train from Xin...

2019-06-14

Thangka painting master Dampa Rabten

Dampa Rabten was born in a family prominent in traditional Tibetan art. His grandfather Tsere was the imperial painter during the time of the 13th Dalai Lama and was an expert in painting murals.

2019-06-12

Across China: Soccer dreams fly high on China's plateau

Weeks ago, when Tsemu Chatse was gathering caterpillar fungus in the mountains, he received a phone call inviting him to join a soccer team to fight for the honor of his home county at a tournament in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Ga...

2019-05-30

Gokyi Chuba’s entrepreneurial journey

Born in 1974, Gokyi Chuba is a native of Kangmar County, Shigatse City, southwest China’s Tibet. When he was in his 20s, he quit his job and embarked on an entrepreneurial journey.

2019-05-30

'Most Beautiful Doctor of China' devoted to health of her people

Most Tibetan people regard Losar, or Tibetan New Year, as a time for family reunions, but Tsering Pedron usually spends most of the holiday treating patients at the Ngari People's Hospital in Ngari prefecture, Tibet autonomous region.

2019-05-30