'Himalaya -- Changing Landscapes' photo exhibition draws attention to the impacts of climate change Oct 11, 2008
The area ranges from the high plateau of Tibet and other mountain areas of China to the Ganges Basin in India, and has the upland watersheds of the ten major Asian river systems. Warming in the Himalayan region has been much greater than the global average. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Laying Yvonne to rest Oct 8, 2008
The monsoon clouds hid the snow-clad mountains of Tibet but the panorama of hills and valleys was breathtaking, a sight for the gods. Appropriately enough, there was a Hindu temple right at the top of the peak. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
18 killed in Nepal plane crash Oct 8, 2008
This year around 500,000 tourists are expected, the highest number since 1999, with many coming to trek in the stunning Himalayan mountains that form Nepal's northern border with Chinese-controlled Tibet. The Everest Base Camp trek -- where tourists fly into Lukla and walk for around two weeks -- is one of the most popular routes. (India Times, India)
Central Asia quake kills 70, razes village Oct 6, 2008
Strong earthquakes hit China's remote western regions of Xinjiang and Tibet on Monday. The quake in Tibet was a magnitude 6. (Yahoo News)
India, China agree to strive for fair and reasonable solution Sep 20, 2008
He said when they (the Chinese) talk in terms of movement forward, they keep arguing Tawang has always been a part of Tibet, which is a matter of debate. During a meeting with Mr. Narayanan here on Thursday, China had indicated that the two countries should maintain peace along the disputed border till a solution was found to the vexed issue. (Hindu)
Thailand's Dominant Hill Tribes Sep 19, 2008
Said to have the richest oral tradition, the Akha originated in Tibet and Burma ... Originally from Yunnan and Tibet, their population today is approximately 28,000. (Suite101.com)
Geologists Dig Up One Of The Largest Lakes In The World, Dammed By Ice During Last Ice Age Sep 12, 2008
New research shows the most recent of these lakes, in the Himalaya Mountains of Tibet, broke through. (Feb. (Science Daily)
Beijing building goes beyond Olympics Sep 11, 2008
4 miles above sea level, at Yushu on the Tibet-Qinghai plateau. A higher airport, at Gunsa in western Tibet, 2 ... The ambitious plans, currently only on the drawing board, include an expressway over the mountains to Tibet and another by undersea tunnel to Taiwan. (USA Today)
'Bigfoot' still attracts believers Aug 30, 2008
Tibet and Nepal have the Yeti. China s Bigfoot is known as the Yeren. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Olympic Highs, Lows, And Revelations Aug 26, 2008
I watched iTunes notify me it was unavailable in China (Apple was selling songs that advocated for a free Tibet). I watched U.S. Embassy warnings that I should have "no reasonable expectation of privacy," even in my hotel room, and I wonder how many people were watching me. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Perry stops Script in UK charts Aug 25, 2008
China deports US Tibet protesters. WATCHED/LISTENED. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Organizing committee slams media... Aug 23, 2008
He was reacting to negative questions directed at the organizing committee by journalists on human rights issues, internet censorship, pollution and the situation in Tibet ... He compared it with the reporting about the torch relay outside China, which focussed on demonstrations about the situation in Tibet, where Chinese officials had brutally clamped down on protests. (The Drudge Report)
Exploring Ladakh Aug 17, 2008
A subdistrict of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh is also a centre of Tibetan Buddhist culture ... The capital of Ladakh, Leh, is a charming collection of guesthouses, Buddhist gompas (monasteries), Kashmiri souvenir shops and restaurants that serve Tibetan momos next to falafel and pizza ... When the season in Leh starts in June, the town is busy with tourists who come here to visit Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in and around the town. (Suite101.com)
Qinghai-Tibet railway t00004000o get six new lines Aug 17, 2008
Qinghai-Tibet railway to get six new lines_English_Xinhua. Qinghai-Tibet railway to get six new lines ... BEIJING, Aug. 17 -- Plans are afoot to add six more rail lines to the Qinghai-Tibet railway to boost the region's economy, a railway spokesman said yesterday at the Beijing International Media Center. (Xinhuanet, China)
Swedish wrestler throws away medal in Olympic hissy fit... Aug 15, 2008
" That's just so...classy. It's good to know that you speak for the entire world. Maybe you and Barak Obama could be running mates. And what in the world does your comment have to do with this article? The wrestler is a Swede. Sweden = Eurpoe. CMK on August 14, 2008 at 02:51 PM There is no excuse for what he did; spoiled rotten is more like it. Nazmi Avluca didn't throw his bronze away, good sense of value. Give the swede's medal to the 4th place winner. Good girl Steffy, sounds like you hit an... (The Drudge Report)
China: Attacks possibly linked to terror groups Aug 14, 2008
With the Olympic Games in Beijing, the thorny issue of the future of Tibet and its spiritual leader are back in the headlines. NBCs Ned Colt reports. (MSNBC -- International)
The Abominable -- And Forgotten -- Snowman Aug 10, 2008
But across the Himalayas the beast was seen as real, known for generations in a half-dozen countries from Tibet to Pakistan ... Only after China invaded Tibet in 1959 did the king decree his country would not be fully closed off ... To Westerners, though, it is known as the yeti a name believed to come from a Tibetan word for bear and it has gripped outsiders' imaginations since reports of a strange Himalayan creature began filtering out in the mid-20th century. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Tibetans want Olympics to inspire change Aug 10, 2008
Middletown residents Sonam Tenzin from Kham, Tibet, and Tsuitrim Gyatso from Amdo, Tibet, talk at Little Tibet ... The ceremony and the Olympics in general have not been without controversy, especially when it comes to China's continued occupation of Tibet ... Tibetan Tsultrim Gyatso came to the United States in 1999 after being forced out of his country for protesting the lack of civil rights given to native Tibetans by the Chinese government. (Middletown Press, CT)
Relay reaches Great Wall Aug 7, 2008
Pro-Tibetan demonstrators sought to disrupt the procession as much as possible on such stages as London and Paris ... Overseas, the relay was marked by protests over China's human rights record and its policies in Tibet. (BBC News)
Torch climbs the Great Wall Aug 7, 2008
What was meant as a tour to showcase China's unity and pride ahead of the Olympics turned into a lightning rod for protests, mostly over China's crackdown on unrest in Tibet, the latest in Beijing itself on Wednesday morning. The small protest near the main Olympic stadium was overshadowed by the patriotic throngs drawn to the relay in the Chinese capital, a scene repeated at the Great Wall, which was lined with volunteers in yellow uniforms waving red fans as far as the eye could see. (India Times, India)
New Buddhists challenge Dalai Lama Aug 1, 2008
Gedun Gyatso, 27, is part of new breed of Buddhist activists pushing for free Tibet. They defy the Dalai Lama's "middle way" approach to Tibetan autonomy within China ... Gyatso, 80 other monks took marched 850 miles from India to Tibetan frontier. (CNN -- International)
Crummy Mummy Aug 1, 2008
So the emperor is loose, on a car chase through Shanghai and on a chase through the mountains in Tibet, where computer-generated Yetis join our heroes (seems the final piece of the puzzle is fabled Shangri-La -- which brings back memories of a far more frightening movie, the1973 musical of Lost Horizon with Liv Ullman). Worst of all, they tell you exactly how to kill the emperor in the first 20 minutes. (Edmonton Sun)
* FEATURE: Hope fading, but not lost, for India-China boom in border trade Jul 28, 2008
Guo is among about 35 traders who cross the border daily from Chinas Tibetan region, while five or so Indians hawk their goods across Nathu La on weekdays, when business is allowed ... While the Chinese are allowed as far as Sherathang, Indians traders can go up to the village of Renqinggang in Tibet. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
O'Keefe takes it to the top Jul 24, 2008
We hiked through a bunch of villages and stayed in some," says O'Keefe. "When we got there the big news was of all the riots in Tibet ... " During their hikes, the wayfarers came across deserted towns, once prominent before China invaded Tibet. "There'd be shepherds scattered about along the way," says O'Keefe. "We entertained serious suggestions of buying a goat or lamb for dinner. (Ipswich Chronicle, MA)
* From the Long March to ballroom and Games Jul 16, 2008
The Games, the Chinese authoritarian model, the Western statements on Tibet, their countrys economic success, all combine in an outpouring of identity and emotion, of pride in their nation, their Olympics and their government. There are, of course, threats to the partys dominant position that could become serious in the decades to come: the global economic factors and local environmental problems could derail the economic growth that so many believe will bring them or their children... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The lost horizon Jul 8, 2008
The author-hero of this voyage, a 64-year-old man with a damaged knee, embarks on a trekking expedition to Tibet with a large group of pilgrims ... Although this marvellous book soars away from everyday reality, the author s political views about colonialism in India and Tibet as well as his premonition about the Maoists overthrowing the monarchy in Nepal come through in a well nuanced way ... But despite all the obstacles, his mind is unwavering and determined as he makes it to Takalakot, the... (Hindu)
Exiled Tibetans feeling their homeland's pain Jul 6, 2008
DURING THE height of the recent protests in Tibet, a 49-year-old Tibetan American living in Medford called his mother in Tibet ... Amnesty International reports that more than 1,000 Tibetans have disappeared and more than 200 deaths have been reported by the Tibetan Solidarity Committee ... The Chinese media allege that Tibetan protesters living in exile have no connection with or understanding of Tibet. (Boston Globe)
China Earthquake Rare And Unexpected, Says New Study Jul 5, 2008
Clark Burchfiel, Schlumberger Professor of Geology, and Leigh Royden, professor of geology and geophysics in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT, have been doing extensive research in that region of China and the Tibetan plateau for more than two decades, but had found no hints that suggested such a large earthquake might strike the area ... The region is extremely unusual geologically, Royden says, because of the very steep slopes at the boundary between the... (Science Daily)
Chinese visit Taiwan on historic flight Jul 4, 2008
As China prepares to host the Olympic Games, the thorny issue of the future of Tibet and its spiritual leader are back in the headlines. NBCs Ned Colt reports. (MSNBC -- International)
Tibetan protesters held in Nepal Jul 2, 2008
Nepalese police have detained more than 40 Tibetan monks and nuns near the country's border with Tibet ... Tibetan exiles in Nepal have protested almost daily since China suppressed violent anti-government demonstrations in Tibet that broke out in March. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Mugabe condemns opposition 'lies' Jun 21, 2008
Page last updated at 06:54 GMT, Saturday, 21 June 2008 07:54 UK. Mugabe condemns opposition 'lies. (BBC News)
Georgia conflict haunts Russia's Olympic dream Jun 20, 2008
Georgia -- backed by the European Union and the United States -- accuses Moscow of trying to annex Abkhazia and says the issue could haunt the Sochi Games in the same way that this summer's Beijing Olympics is dogged by questions over Tibet and China's record on human rights ... "Events in Tibet have demonstrated that the whole world was paying attention to how the policy of an Olympic host country lives up to the ideals of the Olympic movement," he said. (International Herald Tribune)
Tight security as Olympic flame starts Xinjiang leg Jun 17, 2008
The flame's passage through Xinjiang and the Tibetan regions of China are considered the most sensitive of the three-month journey to the Beijing Games in August because of simmering discontent among local ethnic groups ... The leg through Tibet, shrouded in mystery after anti-Chinese riots erupted across the Tibetan plateau in March, will take place on Saturday, state media said Monday. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Highland Park man conquers world's No. 4 mountain Jun 16, 2008
China, which currently occupies Tibet, also took action to limit "free Tibet" protests and arrested a climber wearing a "free Tibet" T-shirt. To quell protests, the Chinese seized climbers' laptop computers and satellite phones in the climbing camps, which foiled Post-Gazette plans to post regular updates of Mr. Cross' progress during his climb. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Evans to maximise time-trial strength Jun 13, 2008
au/news/tourdefrance/evans-gears-up-for-a-free-tibet-tour/2008/06/13/1213281291062 ... Evans gears up for a free Tibet tour. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Fossils Found In Tibet Revise History Of Elevation, Climate Jun 12, 2008
12, 2008) About 15,000 feet up on Tibet's desolate Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau, an international research team led by Florida State University geologist Yang Wang was surprised to find thick layers of ancient lake sediment filled with plant, fish and animal fossils typical of far lower elevations and warmer, wetter climates ... Major tectonic changes on the Tibetan Plateau may have caused it to attain its towering present-day elevations -- rendering it inhospitable to the plants and animals that... (Science Daily)
China Quake Lake Risk Is Increasing in Sichuan; Rains Forecast This Week Jun 5, 2008
6 quake struck Tibet in 1950, killing 1,526 people. A 7. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Indias top second-home spots Jun 2, 2008
As the village is Northwest of Tibet, residences are close enough to visit traditional Buddhist monasteries. Chail, a 75-acre private resort with skiing and tobogganing, is also nearby. (Sify.com, India)
Strategy First's Signs WWII Inspired FPS Ubersoldier 2: The End of Hitler May 28, 2008
They have conspired to move the leaders of the Reich, together with precious resources and classified equipment, to a remote hideout in the Tibet mountains. There, in the heart of Asia, they can wait for their time, kept safe by the tireless vigilance of zombie monstrosities created in the Nazi secret labs. (IGN PC Games)
China: Roused by Disaster May 23, 2008
For years, China's citizens couldn't watch the evening news without being reminded of their darker side, of the grasping, reckless self-interest that has characterized China's headlong rush to become wealthy and powerful--stories of slave labor and child-kidnapping rings, rampant government corruption, counterfeit products, tainted food, dangerous toys and, lately, the brutal crackdown on dissent in Tibet ... China's relationship with the democratic West has been particularly strained of late,... (Time.com)
Chautauqua continues with unique lecture tonight May 22, 2008
At last year s visit to North Dakota Welles enthralled the Chautauqua audience with harrowing tales of terrorists and highwaymen in the heights of Tibet. His descriptive account was punctuated by breathtaking slides of photographs taken along the way. (Devils Lake Daily Journal, ND)
Sherpa Scales Everest For Record 18th Time May 22, 2008
Nepal temporarily banned climbing on the mountain in early May to prevent any protests against China's rule in Tibet during an ascent by Chinese climbers carrying the Olympic torch. They summited on May 8, and Nepal lifted the ban a day later. (CBS News -- World)
Adelaide Young, 96; explorer shared nickname with panda May 21, 2008
"In Tibet, Su-Lin had sometimes stayed in yak-hair tents, drinking yak-butter tea, warmed over a yak-dung fire," Vicki Croke wrote in "The Lady and the Panda" (2005). "Everything she ate was suffused with stray strands of yak hair. The smell of it all was unfortunately unforgettable to her," Croke wrote. (Boston Globe)
* Quake fuels Chinese nationalism May 18, 2008
Just a month ago, a wave of anger swept through major Chinese cities over foreign views of anti-Chinese rioting in Tibet and the governments crackdown on it ... French hypermart chain Carrefour also was targeted after French President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to boycott the Olympic opening ceremony over Tibet. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Scientists identified earthquake faults in Sichuan, China May 17, 2008
" An international team of scientists including Dr. Alexander Densmore (Institute of Hazard and Risk Research, Durham University), Dr. Mike Ellis (Head of Science for Climate Change at the British Geological Survey) and colleagues from research institutes in Chengdu, carefully mapped and analysed a series of geologically young faults that cross Sichuan Province like recently healed scars. The team mapped the densely populated Sichuan Basin and adjacent mountains using what is known as tectonic... (EurekAlert!)
A VISION OF HELL... May 16, 2008
This makes reporting the disaster difficult; before the anti-Chinese riots in Tibet, and the sympathetic view of Tibetans in the Western media, foreign journalists were popular. Now we are seen as a threat. (The Drudge Report)
Nepal goes on China rail map May 15, 2008
BANGALORE - China has begun building a railway connecting the Tibetan capital of Lhasa with the market town of Khasa on the Sino-Nepal border ... Inaugurated in August 2006, the Golmud-Lhasa rail integrated Tibet into China's national rail network ... Building motorable roads into Tibet began as early as 1950, in line with Mao Zedong's orders to the People's Liberation Army as it prepared to annex the territory: "Advance while building roads.". (Asia Times Online)
Parents wait amid school rubble May 15, 2008
Beijing's Olympic committee said the torch relay, which has generated protests worldwide because of China's handling of riots in Tibet, will open with a minute of silence today when a leg starts in the southeastern city of Ruijin ... The Dalai Lama, who has been vilified by Chinese authorities who blame him for recent unrest in Tibet, offered prayers for the victims ... The epicenter skirts the Tibetan highlands, where some communities staged anti-government protests in March. (USA Today)
Earthquake Reaction And Overreaction May 15, 2008
Out west, the people and culture make Sichuan province feel more like Tibet than like the rest of China. The quake's epicenter was about 80 miles northwest of Chengdu, Sichuan province's capital city, in an extremely rugged, sparsely populated region of 10,000-foot mountains. (Forbes -- Business)
Boeing and Jeppesen Technology Expand China Market for China Eastern Airlines May 14, 2008
Last year, Boeing in cooperation with China Eastern Airlines, CAAC and the FAA completed a 737-700 RNP flight into Linzhi Airport in Tibet. SOURCE Boeing. (PR Newswire)
Troops hike to quake-buried Chinese villages May 14, 2008
The Dalai Lama, who has been vilified by Chinese authorities who blame him for recent unrest in Tibet, offered prayers for the victims. The epicenter skirts the Tibetan highlands, where some communities staged anti-government protests in March. (Anchorage Daily News)
China earthquake could affect access to Mount Everest May 14, 2008
In recent years, the Chinese government has been encouraging tourism in the area and beyond to Tibet ... Much of the area has been closed to foreigners because of political unrest in Tibet, and the earthquake is certain to complicate the plans to make Everest and other mountain areas, such as the popular ice cliffs on Masong Mountain, easier to access ... The pilot of that first flight, Frenchman Didier Delsalle, told NationalGeographic, "Tourism is unthinkable. You'd need safety standards... (USA Today -- Sports)
Scaling China's peaks May 14, 2008
In 2006, the China Mountaineering Association set up the China Mountain Development Institute to offer two-year courses for 10 guides, all men from the mountainous areas of western China, including Tibet home to Mount Everest. As technical director they hired a French guide, 40-year-old Olivier Balma, with more than 15 years of experience, who was a climbing instructor at Tibet Mountaineering School in 2000. (iAfrica.com)
In the Himalayas, an isolated Sherpa village offers a cosmopolitan touch May 11, 2008
Sherpas, who are Buddhist, have a unique language and culture, more similar to that of neighboring Tibet than to the rest of Nepal. It's also when more commodious guesthouses and bakeries arrived, offering visitors frothy coffees, pastries and pizza. (Anchorage Daily News)
Circle of steel around the silk road May 10, 2008
It's not just Tibet that China stands over, Kirsty Needham reports from Xinjiang ... In the Olympic year, and particularly since the Tibetan monk uprising that reached neighbouring provinces, things have been worse, Ali says ... "Tibet is better off than Xinjiang because the world is watching. But no one watches or knows about Xinjiang," he says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Chinese climbers back to Qomolangma Base Camp after grand torch relay May 10, 2008
Chinese mountaineers carry the Olympic flame lanterns to the Base Camp of Mt. Qomolangma, at the altitude of 5,200 meters, in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 9, 2008 ... QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, Tibet, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Mountaineering Team has been given a hero's welcome as they went down Mount Qomolangma to the 5,200-meter-high Base Camp after nine hours' trek on Friday ... A cheering crowd, mostly consisting of reporters and officials with the Chinese Mountaineering... (Xinhuanet, China)
Anti-pollution march staged in western China May 6, 2008
Since the protests in Tibet, police are monitoring Chengdu, a mixed community of Tibetans and Chinese. Most E-Mailed. (International Herald Tribune)
President Bush Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month May 2, 2008
I know you share my concerns about the situation in Tibet ... I think it's important that there be a renewed dialogue, and that dialogue must be substantive so we can address the real way -- can address in a real way the deep and legitimate concerns of the Tibetan people. (White House News Releases)
Commentary: Dalai Lama is spewing lies May 2, 2008
Dalai has urged Chinese government to stop "suppressing" local Tibetans, and release all criminal suspects who were arrested for the "March 14" violent and terrorist act in Lhasa ... In his appeal, he alleged some Tibetans have fled to the mountains, hiding themselves and even their family members there, without adequate food and clothing ... White elephant accusations that Tibetans fleeing into mountains for nothing, and the captured Tibetan detainees facing brutal, grisly and unhumane... (Xinhuanet, China)
Embattled Oly torch relay staggers across Asia Apr 22, 2008
China's Tibet crackdown has prompted numerous torch relay protests ... Following China's harsh crackdown on Tibetan protesters in February, that hope has sputtered badly ... The torch's run through India, adopted home of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, was whittled down to a virtual sprint under a 15,000-strong police presence through a tightly guarded government sector in New Delhi. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Inner Mongolia Apr 21, 2008
17, 2008 By The Orogen's hunting traditions, unchanged for centuries, are disappearing. Timothy ORourke / Sinopix Article Tools. (Time.com)
Climb every Mountain Apr 20, 2008
To promote this summer s Beijing Olympic Games, Chinese climbers plan to carry the Olympic flame to the top of Mount Everest and their government is going to unheard-of lengths to prevent a repeat of the pro-Tibet protests that have dogged the torch s journey around the world. Not only has China closed the Tibetan north side of the mountain to all but its own team, it has also pressured neighboring Nepal to impose severe restrictions on the southside route used by most climbers since Edmund... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Nepal feels China's long reach on Tibet Apr 18, 2008
China seals off Tibet's pathway to Nepal ... A Tibetan monk lights lamps at a monastery in the village of Lipingon the Nepal-Tibet border, 65 miles north of Katmandu, onSunday ... The border was sealed last month by Chinese authorities amid unrest in Tibet. (MSNBC -- International)
Analysis: Old trick behind Tibet chaos Apr 18, 2008
Double act, old trick behind Tibet chaos_English_Xinhua. Double act, old trick behind Tibet chaos ... com website said the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNSt), largely state-financed German foreign policy front organization, was behind an "action plan" to spur anti-China protests over Tibet before and during the2008 Beijing Olympics. (Xinhuanet, China)
Regardless of the reality in the country, some people in the West always blame China for its social system, democracy, human rights and environmental protection.• Please think again when mote drops placidly Apr 18, 2008
The Dalai clique has cried out that the Olympic Games is the last chance for Tibetans ... I have noticed a tendency of integration of ultra-nationalism and religious extremism among supporters of "Tibetan independence" initiated and instigated by the Dalai clique ... The "Tibet Youth Congress (TYC)" is trending towards a pro-violent and even terror group. (Xinhuanet, China)
