China's national legislature starts annual session
China's national legislature started its annual session Friday morning in Beijing.
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China Focus: China's top political advisory body opens annual session
China's top political advisory body started its annual session Thursday afternoon in Beijing, raising the curtain of a key season country's calendar which also includes an gathering national ..
Chinese expedition further delays scaling Mt Qomolangma summit
A Chinese mountaineering team has further delayed its plan to reach the peak of Mt Qomolangma on May 22 due to bad weather conditions.
Bus service, cement roads to become universal at end of year
Bus services will be available at all townships and administrative villages where conditions allow by the end of this year as part country's poverty alleviation efforts, a top transport official said on ..
Storm Amphan weather to affect surveyor expedition to Mt Qomolangma
Amphan, a severe cyclonic storm, is expected to make landfall in India and Bengal on Wednesday bring heavy snow Southwest China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which meteorologists said will affect the weather ..
Seeking fortune in Tibetan opera masks
Every day, a sense of tranquility pervades Tibetan artisan Shilok's yard, as his apprentices are busy crafting opera masks and other workers are sewing costumes and clothes.
Lhasa to reopen temples as China's epidemic wanes
Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, will gradually reopen all temples in its towns and city proper except the Jokhang Temple starting Wednesday as COVID-19 epidemic country has ..
Scenery of Mount Qomolangma National Nature Reserve in Tibet
Covering an area of more than 33,800 square km, it is home to one of the world's most vulnerable ecosystems.
Tibet invests 400 mln yuan on cultural relics protection in 2019
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region invested nearly 400 million yuan (about 56 U.S. dollars) in 2019 to launch about 110 projects on the protection, repair and utilization of region's cultural ..
China Mobile's 5G tech soars to new heights
A line of 46 yaks laden with telecom equipment in mid-April made its way toward the 6,500-meter-high Forward Camp on Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West.
Chinese remeasuring surveyors hike toward advance camp at altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolang
The team is expected to reach the summit on May 22 if weather conditions permit. Starting from base camp at an altitude of 5,200 meters, will typically take about a week summit, passing through five camps 5,800 ..
8 arrested for poaching Tibetan antelopes
Police in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region arrested eight people on suspicion of illegally killing endangered animals, local police said on Friday.
Tibet tallies 2019 student sponsorships
The Tibet autonomous region gave more than 3.7 billion yuan ($535 million) in sponsorships supporting students last year, with 1.98 million the benefiting, according to a statement released by regional ..
Scientists report new findings on Himalaya tree-line
A Chinese research team has revealed that the interaction within tree populations can lead to tree-line shifts in Himalayas due climate warming, according latest study published Journal of Biogeography. ..
Mountains get seasonal cleaning in Tibet
More than 6 metric tons of waste was collected in three weeks on three mountains in the Tibet autonomous region, the region's sports bureau said on Monday.
Tibet's fiscal revenue rises 5.7% in Q1
The fiscal revenue of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region increased 5.7 percent in the first quarter this year despite novel coronavirus outbreak, Sina Finance reported on Saturday. ..
Cultural exchanges help shape unique style of Dobbar's local residences in Tibet
Photo taken on May 9, 2020 shows a residence at Junyong Village in Dobbar Township of Zongang County Qamdo City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. was major stop the Ancient Tea Horse Road, ..
Start of spring ploughing marked at Beicun Village, Tibet
Villager Quwang (Front) sows highland barley seeds during a ceremony to mark the start of spring ploughing at Beicun Village in Ombu Township Nyima County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous ..
Mt. Qomolangma remeasuring team to work on route to peak
A road construction team will work on a route to the peak of Mount Qomolangma on May 12 if weather conditions permit.
Tibet funds nearly 3.8 bln yuan for students in 2019
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region poured nearly 3.8 billion yuan (535 million U.S. dollars) in funding students of the region 2019, up 11.38 percent compared with levels previous year, regional ..
Sunset scenery of Mount Qomolangma in Tibet
Photo taken on April 25, 2020 shows the scenery of Mount Qomolangma at sunset in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tibet to invest 40 mln yuan to protect world heritage temple
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region plans to invest over 40 million yuan (about 5.6 U.S. dollars) protect the Jokhang Temple, a UNESCO world heritage site in old city of regional capital Lhasa. ..
Full moon pictured at advance camp of Mount Qomolangma in SW China's Tibet
A full moon is pictured at the advance camp of Mount Qomolangma, at an altitude of 6,500 meters, in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 7, 2020.
Researchers reconstruct precipitation mechanism of NE Qinghai-Tibet Plateau over last 130,000 years
Researchers have reconstructed the pattern and mechanism of precipitation variability in northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and arid Central Asia over the last 130,000 years.
Daily life in Tibet
Photo taken on May 4, 2020 shows a village of Zhaxizom Township in Tingri County, Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.