Alongside Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple is one of the most important sites in Tibet. The Jokhang Temple was built in the seventh century to promote Buddhism in Tibet, and as such earned the ...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama meeting with the Dalai Lama in 2014. Credit: Official White House photo by Pete Souza Subscribe for ads-free reading Reversing its stand on Tibet policy and giving a ...

The best way to get around Tibet is with your tour group. Due to the provisions of Tibet's travel permits, all forms of transportation around Tibet must be prearranged through a tour group. If you ...

The State Council of China unveiled the National New Type Urbanization Plan (NUP) in 2014 to increase the percentage of urban residents in the total population of China from 52.6 percent in 2012 to 60 ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The People's Republic of China seized control of Tibet in 1950 in what its leaders termed the "peaceful liberation" of a ...

Despite booming two-way trade, strategic discord and rivalry between China and India is sharpening. At the core of their divide is Tibet, an issue that fuels territorial disputes, border tensions and ...

China has closed Tibet to overseas travelers from Thursday until the end of March, three travel agents told CNN, but with or without foreigners, tourism to the isolated mountain region is booming. The ...

From a quick glance, you might have been unsure if the boy standing in the crowd of onlookers was Chinese or Tibetan. You saw plenty of both in Ngaba, a small town on the edge of the Tibetan plateau.

Chinese soldiers on patrol in Lhasa, capital of China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Anastasia Corell) From nearly any point in Lhasa, capital of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, you can see at least two ...

RANEY ARONSON-RATH: This year marks 75 years of the Chinese Communist Party’s rule of Tibet. VICTOR GAO: For the Chinese government, for the Chinese nation, the thing is very simple. There is only one ...

A failed Tibetan uprising on March 10, 1959, in the capital Lhasa led to the expulsion of the religious leader the Dalai Lama and continues to reverberate throughout China's efforts to become a major ...

A group of Tibetans and supporters of Tibet is planning a silent protest outside a Manhattan movie theater Thursday night to criticize a film studio’s decision to have actress Tilda Swinton play a ...