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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

The best way to get around Tibet is with your tour group. Due to the provisions of Tibet's travel permits, all forms of transportation around Tibet must be prearranged through a tour group. If you ...

BEIJING — The residents of the "roof of the world" can now sample Colonel Sanders' finest. On Tuesday, KFC opened a restaurant in Lhasa and became the first American fast-food brand in the capital of ...