I was born in Kham, in eastern Tibet, my parents’ first born. A brother and sister followed, and the five of us lived with ...

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have inspected since a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the southwest region last ...

BEIJING — A rural county in the Chinese region of Tibet, still feeling tremors from last week's magnitude 6.8 earthquake, was jolted on Monday (Jan 13) night by two powerful aftershocks barely ...

Damaged houses are pictured after an earthquake at a village in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China January 7, 2025. Xinhua via REUTERS Some 68 major dams in the Himalayan region exploit the ...

A firefighter distributes breakfast to quake-affected residents following the earthquake that struck Tingri county, in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China on Jan 8, 2025. (Photo: Reuters ...

SHANGHAI -- The Chinese government has ramped up search and rescue operations in southern Tibet after Tuesday's ... struck Dingri County in the Shigatse region, home to 800,000 people, destroying ...

"6.8-magnitude earthquake in Shigatse, Tibet," read the simplified Chinese caption of a video posted on Douyin on January 7. The video, shared more than 3,200 times, appears to be dashcam footage ...

Home to some 60,000 people, Tingri is Tibet's most populous county on China's border with Nepal and is administered from Shigatse, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most ...

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's Xigaze city on Tuesday. The quake resulted in at least 95 fatalities and injured 130 people causing ...

Beijing | A strong earthquake killed at least 95 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many ... on Tuesday morning was in Tingri county, near Shigatse city, according to the official Xinhua News ...