According to the government, the decision was necessitated by the increasing number of inter-community marriages between locals and people of Nepalese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan origin in the state.

China is laying a massive railway network near the LAC, running alarmingly close to Ladakh’s Demchok. Tibetan experts say Beijing’s expansion plan could reshape the Himalayan frontier.

China has started building a new strategic railway line in central Tibet, claiming it is meant to improve transportation. However, the project is expected to significantly boost China’s capacity to ...

According to the government, the decision was necessitated by the increasing number of inter-community marriages between ...

And then, 150 years after his death, his name became mud. Evagrius’ writings were suppressed and destroyed — only to turn up ...

In a remote corner of China, an atelier is bolstering the economy of a small village—and giving Tibetan culture global reach.

SEOUL, South Korea -- The trip was not in Isaac Wang’s original plan. The 33-year-old Shanghai-based IT engineer was one of ...

High in the Himalayas, such extreme weather means blizzards and snowstorms, which is a huge risk for trekking, mountaineering ...

China's sweeping infrastructure expansion, militarisation, and resource extraction are driving the Tibetan Plateau into "severe ecological distress". The study, released by the Stockholm Centre for ...

High in the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau, there is thin air, low pressure, and violent winds—the ideal crucible for ...

Dzekyid, a 54-year-old barley farmer, presents himself as a role model for his neighbours and for the success of China's efforts to tie economic development to social control in Tibet.

China is using the high-altitude expanse for immense solar panel farms and wind turbines and has begun work on the world’s ...