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Tibetan Peach Blossom Festival: Smell the spring

The16thannualNyingchiPeachBlossomFestivalhaskickedoffintheTibetAutonomousRegiontocelebratethefragranceandvibrancyofspringaswellasChineseTibetanculture.Touristsf

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Highways to reach all townships in Tibet by 2020

SouthwestChina'sTibetwillstrivetomakehighwaysreachalltownshipsandadministrativevillagesby2020inabidtoboostruraldevelopment,saidtheregionaltransportauthorities.B

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Oldest buddhist stele discovered in Tibet

Aninth-centuryPurangstele–theofficialtermforanuprightstoneslabwithengravings–isbelievedtobetheoldestintheTibetAutonomousRegion,accordingthearchaeologistsinthere

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China completes renovation of Tibet's iconic Potala Palace

The1,300-year-oldiconicPotalaPalace,theofficialresidenceoftheDalaiLamasinTibet'scapitalLhasa,hascompletedalarge-scalerenovationprojectonSunday.Therenovationtook

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China's Tibet Airlines starts direct flight on Chengdu-Kathmandu route

China's Tibet Airlines on Tuesday started its direct flight service on Chengdu-Kathmandu-Chengdu sector, establishing first ever direct flight between the two cities.

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China to build world's most challenging railway

Breathtaking scenery and breathtaking dangers -- both will face Chinese engineers as they embark on building the world's most difficult railway.

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China starts second scientific expedition to Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Chinese scientists set out to conduct a large-scale survey of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on Saturday, in order to investigate changes to the plateau’s environment.

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China starts second scientific expedition to Qinghai-Tibet plateau

Chinesescientistssetouttoconductalarge-scalesurveyoftheQinghai-TibetPlateauonSaturday,inordertoinvestigatechangestotheplateau’senvironment.Datacollectedduringth

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Premier calls Tibet's stability, development a "special" priority

Premier Li Keqiang called for maintaining the stability and development of the Tibet autonomous region when he joined a panel discussion with National People's Congress deputies from the plateau region on Tuesday.

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Tibet's bottled water reaches eastern coast by train

​A train carrying nearly 1,900 tonnes of bottled mineral water from Tibet Autonomous Region has reached the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang after traveling 4,500 km over five days.

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Tibet mulls offering women a full year of paid maternity leave

Draft law, if passed, would not only be one of the best of any region in China, but around the world

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Nepal urges China to expand railway network to more border points: official

​Nepal has requested China to consider expanding its railway network to different border points besides the planned expansion to Kerung (Geelong port), said a senior official of Nepal's Commerce Ministry.

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Tibet reinvents itself as a channel to South Asia

Prakash, a thangka dealer from Nepal, brought over 1,000 of the scroll paintings to the China Tibet Tourism and Culture Expo, after the 200 thangka he brought last year were quickly snapped up.

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Top political advisor warns of foreign influence on Tibetan Buddhism

Chinese top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng has called on religious figures in Tibet to resist the influence of foreign forces, to ensure stability in the autonomous region.