Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President Xi Jinping met a Tibetan Buddhist ...

What is the history of the Dalai Lama? As celebrations continue post the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, we take a look.

The China Meteorological Administration forecast that the mercury will drop to minus 18 degrees Celsius by Tuesday evening. The remote Shigatse is far from China’s main cities.

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Over 350 people in Gyirong county in the Xizang autonomous region have been relocated to safe places after a mudslide struck ...

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Shigatse in southwestern Tibet on Monday, according to Chinese authorities. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10km at 5.11am local time ...

The tremor, which Chinese authorities recorded as magnitude 6.8, hit Dingri County in Shigatse, a mountainous region in western China that borders Nepal.. Shigatse, which is about 240 miles from ...

About 150 aftershocks were recorded in nine hours after the earthquake. More than 1,500 firefighters and rescue workers have been dispatched to the affected areas, China’s Xinhua news agency said.

Shigatse city is renowned for its Tashilhunpo Monastery, a major tourist attraction today. This area, as indeed much of southwestern China, is sadly earthquake prone. Its magnificent scenery is ...

According to China's state broadcaster CCTV, there have been 29 earthquakes with magnitudes of 3 or higher within 200 km of the Shigatse quake in the past five years, all of which were smaller ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit Tibet’s Shigatse city, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported. The earthquake struck at 9:05am local time (01:05 GMT) at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles ...

The China Meteorological Administration forecast that the mercury will drop to minus 18 degrees Celsius by Tuesday evening. The remote Shigatse is far from China’s main cities.