Built in the 17th century by a predecessor of the current Dalai Lama, the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, has ...

At sunrise and sunset, the air is cool, the scent of burning juniper incense is strong, and a river of pilgrims flows in a sacred circle around Jokhang Temple. Every day, they walk the perimeter of ...

China is transforming the ancient part of Tibet's capital into a tourist district according to a visiting native of the area, Amy Li of the South China Morning Post reports. The construction project ...

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 ...

Probing fingers brushed my hip as I plunged into the crowd of Tibetan pilgrims shuffling around and around the Jokhang Temple. I turned, ready to confront a pickpocket, but instead found a tiny, ...

Tibetan language teacher Deji Yangzong, gives a lesson to 3rd grade students in Lhasa No.1 Primary School in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 21, 2008. Tibetan ...

(Adds comment by Tibet governor, Chinese Foreign Ministry) By Ben Blanchard BEIJING, March 11 (Reuters) - Tibetan monks have defied Chinese authorities by staging a protest in the remote Himalayan ...

BEIJING – BEIJING (AP) — A court in Lhasa has given a Tibetan a suspended death sentence for taking part in riots that erupted in the remote Himalayan region two years ago, an overseas Tibetan rights ...

Originating from Tibet, the Lhasa Apso is a distinctive dog with excess facial hair and a long coat. They were originally bred by monks to help guard palaces and monasteries, which makes for a rather ...