Strange things are starting to happen as the Lhasa Express chuffs across the rooftop of the world. Outside the double-glazed, UV-blocking windows, I can see black-robed Tibetan nomads tending their ...

China on Saturday opened the first train service to Tibet across the world's highest railway, a controversial engineering feat meant to bind the restive Himalayan region to China. The first train ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Aboard the Beijing-Lhasa Express, China – China’s first train from Beijing to Tibet set out Saturday carrying business travelers and thrill-seekers on the ...

Even on her journey of a lifetime, Beijing official Yang Hong felt terrible. As the railway ministry's boss of dining services, she had to ensure that some 800 passengers on the inaugural ...

The first train service to Tibet opened Saturday on the world's highest railway, an engineering feat protesters say could threaten the restive Himalayan region's environment and Buddhist culture.

BEIJING – The first railway to Tibet is ready to start operation this weekend, using sealed, oxygenated cars to cope with the thin air and high-tech cooling to keep the frozen track bed stable, ...

BEIJING – The first train service to Tibet opened Saturday on the world's highest railway, an engineering feat protesters say could threaten the restive Himalayan region's environment and Buddhist ...

Three crimson-robed monks chant quietly as they file through the ancient palace, pausing every now and then to pray in the candlelit rooms filled with Buddhist statues and religious murals. At the ...

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LHASA, Tibet — The first train from Beijing to Tibet finished its journey along the world’s highest railway Monday, as pens spit ink and packaged foods burst in the low air pressure. Laptop computers ...

On July 1, the Chinese government celebrated with great fanfare the opening of the final stretch of its railway to Tibet. The section runs between the city of Golmud in Qinghai province and the ...

The Qinghai-Tibet railway, which will undergo trials on July 1, will not only link Tibet with other parts of China but also boost border trade, according to local government sources. A trial train ...