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In the summer of 1937, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria nearly derailed everything before it even began because Schäfer had planned to reach Tibet by navigating the Yangtze River. The alternative of ...

Tibet, historically a sovereign entity, was forcibly annexed by China in 1950. Since then, Beijing has flooded the region with Han Chinese settlers, imposed Mandarin over Tibetan language, and placed ...

New Delhi: In the thin air of Tibet's sprawling plateau, a quiet battle rages — not fought with weapons or armies, but with language, education, and policy. Over six decades after Beijing ...

Chandigarh: As the churn in international geopolitics continues, the Tibetan govt-in-exile has its own tightrope to walk.

Kalimpong was known as the Harbour of Tibet, serving as the southern terminus of a flourishing Indo-Tibetan trade with Tibet ...

Rescue teams are searching for survivors in Tibet, after a powerful 7.1 magnitude quake hit the region. It killed at least 95 people, and many more were injured, according to Chinese state media.

Journalist and China-watcher Orville Schell, who traveled secretly to Tibet for FRONTLINE in 1994, returns to a story that won't go away. Broadcast on the eve of Chinese premier Jiang Zemin's 1997 ...