The bridge over the river at Lhasa is more than just another Chinese construction site. The terminus of the Tibet railway, China's latest super-project to defeat nature with engineering is also the hook on a fishing line.
It is nearly 100 years since Col Francis Younghusband's machine guns killed 700 Tibetan warriors in four minutes in the Tibetan plain on the "roof of the world".
Tibet is modernising rapidly, thanks to booming China's billions, but at what cost to its unique culture? The hottest nightclub on the roof of the world sits between an enormous concrete monument to Chinese rule and Potala Palace
Negotiations between Tibet's government in exile and leaders in Beijing have prompted international speculation that the Dalai Lama may be closer to a return to his homeland.
But in the monasteries and temples of Tibet
On a research project for the United Nations, professor Tom Nazario interviewed Tibetan children who had crossed the icy Himalayas searching for refuge and the Dalai Lama. After he was done, Nazario kept returning to the Indian village where many of the refugees lived
Tibet's government in exile has denied a report by Radio Free Asia (RFA) that it requested a future visit to China by 10 senior members of the exiled Tibetan comunity. A spokesman for the exile government says a request for such a visit
A team of Tibetan footballers are due to leave for Europe soon. The 22-strong squad, named the Tibetan National Football Association, is made up of exiles living in Nepal and India.
The leader of Russia's Kalmykia region said Friday that local Buddhist believers had invited the Dalai Lama for a visit and said the trip depended on the Russian Foreign Ministry which has twice refused to grant a visa to the Tibetan Buddhist leader.
