This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 7 January 2025 Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory known as the "roof of the world", is governed as part of China. Historically ...

The best time to visit Tibet is from June to August. Situated high on a plateau, Tibet experiences low temperatures and frost for the majority of the year. Summer is the only time where temperatures ...

The State Council of China unveiled the National New Type Urbanization Plan (NUP) in 2014 to increase the percentage of urban residents in the total population of China from 52.6 percent in 2012 to 60 ...

Alongside Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple is one of the most important sites in Tibet. The Jokhang Temple was built in the seventh century to promote Buddhism in Tibet, and as such earned the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A man sits in a boat on the waters of the Brahmaputra river near the international border between India and Bangladesh ...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama meeting with the Dalai Lama in 2014. Credit: Official White House photo by Pete Souza Reversing its stand on Tibet policy and giving a huge jolt to the Tibetan ...

The United States State Departments Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, in its latest annual report to Congress under ...

China has closed Tibet to overseas travelers from Thursday until the end of March, three travel agents told CNN, but with or without foreigners, tourism to the isolated mountain region is booming. The ...

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck Tibet on March 29, 2026, at a depth of 145 km, according to the National Center for ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet on Wednesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing's long-contested rule over the Himalayan territory. Xi arrived in Tibet's ...

A failed Tibetan uprising on March 10, 1959, in the capital Lhasa led to the expulsion of the religious leader the Dalai Lama and continues to reverberate throughout China's efforts to become a major ...

Chinese soldiers on patrol in Lhasa, capital of China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Anastasia Corell) From nearly any point in Lhasa, capital of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, you can see at least two ...