Lhasa Summary

Beijing (dpa) - Authorities in Lhasa, the capital of China's Tibet region, have begun building a huge new district to help the city accommodate an influx of tourists and mig... Read more

China's high-speed, high-altitude railway to Tibet carried troops to the region for the first time, state media has reported, in a development likely to fuel concerns about the railway's impact on ... Read more

Three crimson-robed monks chant quietly as they file through the ancient palace, pausing every now and then to pray in the candlelit rooms filled with Buddhist statues and religious murals.At the P... Read more

Chugging past shaggy yaks and fluffy clouds that look low enough to lasso, the train from Beijing to Lhasa makes its final climb into nosebleed territory pulled by three locomot... Read more

China's first train from Beijing to Tibet made the final leg of its journey Monday on the world's highest railway, climbing to such high elevations that ballpoint pens and packaged f... Read more