On a lonely stretch of the Tibetan Plateau, China has built an airport higher than many Himalayan passes, a piece of ...

Research from Monash University reveals the climate history behind Asia's summer monsoon—Earth's most influential climate ...

Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in ...

Each year, ever since the early 1400s, Tibetan Buddhists gather to unveil a large thangka — a painting made on fabric — of Buddha. The great prayer ritual, which was banned during the cultural ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of Tibetans living in India protested outside China's embassy on Tuesday against the human rights situation in their homeland, which China annexed in 1951. Police blocked the ...

After the institution closes its building on October 6, the installation will make its way to the Brooklyn Museum. The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York. Photo by ...

This adaptation to hypoxia showcases human evolution in response to extreme living conditions. In order to survive in the low oxygen conditions of the Tibetan Plateau, people living there have evolved ...

Thupten Dadak has spent the past three decades preserving and celebrating Tibetan culture in Minnesota. And a new exhibit at the Hennepin History Museum is latest of his efforts. Through artifacts and ...

(The Conversation) — A 2012 change has seen scores of Tibetan Buddhist nuns achieve the highest degree in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The implications go beyond just higher learning. (The ...

For Ning, Tibet is no passive utopia. It’s the uneasy cultural crossroads where globalisation, spirituality and the political ...

Red City Monastery was a thriving Tibetan Buddhist institution that attracted tens of thousands of wealthy pilgrims a year. Now it's under investigation. Buddhism is becoming very popular in China. It ...