After bearing witness to the gigantic mountain’s two deadliest years on record, some 400 climbers are celebrating recent ascents of Mt. Everest, the first expeditions to summit successfully since the 2014 climbing season.
Charlotte Alfred, Huffington Post, 18 June 2016 In the beautiful but unforgiving mountains of Tibet, nomads harvest a lucrative caterpillar fungus known for its medicinal properties. But they fear the boom may be over.
By Tenzin Palden*- Tibetpolicy.net On 4 May 2016, a sudden mass death of fish in the Lichu River in Minyak Lhagang, Dartsedo County in Karze Prefecture brought hundreds of local Tibetans out on the street,…
For many Chinese, the country’s soil pollution crisis has become increasingly acute in recent weeks after several hundred children fell ill from attending a school built close to a former fertiliser factory.
by Dorji Kyi Recent news articles tell of Tibetan people whose lives have been devastated by forced resettlement, with reports of unemployment, poverty and alcoholism.
By Joel Wuthnow, The National Interest (Magazine) April 19, 2016 The Brahmaputra is the next test for Beijing and New Delhi. On April 18–19, the Chinese and Indian defense ministers will meet in Beijing to…
There is a possibility of a more severe earthquake in the Himalayas – although it isn’t certain when – than the 7.9-magnitude tremblor that devastated Nepal on April 25, according to the latest research.
Scientists at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research have discovered that plants found on the Tibetan plateau unfold their leaves as they ‘sense’ the onset of the Indian summer monsoon.
The Xinjiang government has banned glacier tourism under the far north-western province’s five year plan to try and save its fast disappearing ice caps. Home to China’s largest glaciers, the far north-western Xinjiang province has…
China’s just-released 13th Five Year Plan — which sets out the country’s economic and social blueprint — promises to be the greenest yet. It articulates the leadership’s aim to shift the vast economy away from…