Rare Tibetan text written in gold and silver ink on black, thick handmade paper was discovered by the experts of Central University of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, while cataloguing and classifying ...

"The conditions in Kashi village are dire and require prompt international focus and intervention. Remaining silent and inactive will only facilitate further environmental destruction and human rights ...

An update from CSMall Group Limited ( ($HK:1815) ) is now available. Mount Everest Gold Group has reported significant progress at its Tibetan ...

Rescuers search for survivors at the site of a landslide in a mining area in Maizhokunggar County Reuters Rescue workers continue scouring the mountainous terrain of a gold mine site in Tibet to save ...

Rescuers are desperately scouring a gold mine to locate the bodies of 83 miners who were engulfed in two million cubic metres of mud and rocks after a landslide in Tibet. The bodies of two workers ...

The first thing visitors to “Tibet: Treasures From the Roof of the World” see is a big iron padlock with a long key protruding from its base. Made in the 17th century, it’s the largest lock known to ...

As the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China gears up to its grand finale, another show, in another Congress, is being enacted, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. The Dalai Lama is ...

Tibetan nomads in China’s vast inland province of Qinghai have clashed with Chinese gold miners in attempts to defend a mountain considered sacred by local religious beliefs. According to Radio Free ...

This story appears in the August 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The thing Silang is searching for, on hands and knees, 15,000 feet above sea level on the Tibetan plateau, is ...