"Be careful, people are watching you." As the men tailing us come running, the monk walks away. "They" are the Communist ...

Tibetan Buddhists believe the current Dalai Lama is the 14th reincarnation of a spiritual leader first born in 1391. He led ...

For more than 60 years armed with little more than charm and conviction, he has managed to keep the cause of his people in ...

Climbing the highest peak on each continent is one of the most iconic challenges in the world of mountaineering. Popularly ...

Indian pilgrims have arrived at Mount Kailash and Manasarovar Lake in Tibet. This marks the first pilgrimage in five years, ...

A team of researchers led by Prof. Wang Wei from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has ...

China has long been accused of repression in Tibet and a new report based on rare firsthand accounts from people inside the region sheds light on the way authorities are trying to erase local culture ...

The Kailash Manasarovar pilgrimage has long served as a bellwether for the level of tensions between the world’s two most ...

From the snow-capped peaks of Ladakh to the lush valleys of Sikkim, Himalayan cuisine offers soul-soothing comfort in every ...

The head of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery is in critical condition after his imprisonment following peaceful protests against ...

A team of researchers led by Prof. Wang Wei from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has revealed how unique native plant life on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) has ...