Tibetans living under Chinese rule continue to face adversities, owing to which many are driven to end their lives. In a recent incident, Gonpo Kyi, the sister of imprisoned Tibetan businessman and ...
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, ...
Tibet's oldest woman, Arme Tsering(R), celebrates her 118th birthday at home in the northeastern suburbs of Lhasa, March 16, 2009. Tibet's oldest woman, Arme Tsering, celebrated her 118th birthday ...
The Tibetan women's social status has risen substantially since the democratic reform was launched in Tibet 1959. More and more Tibetan women are now able to participate in discussing State affairs.
Runners set out during the Lhasa Half Marathon in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2023. [Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua] LHASA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — When I first came to the ...