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Tourism boom in Tibet: China hopes to attract three million tourists to Tibet by 2020. But there are concerns that these tourists, who will need hotels, restaurants and shops, will destroy Tibet’s unique character. More visitors could lead to ugly developments around major tourist sites and damage to the region’s natural environment. Local officials maintain this will not happen, but bold statements and action are often two different things. (As part of a series from Tibet, the BBC's Michael Bristow has compiled a series of photographs of everyday life in this remote mountain region.) SEE MORE PICTURES

As a follow up to the 2006 visit to University at Buffalo by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the UB Asian Studies Program will offer introductory courses in the classical Tibetan

Wary of exposing China's flaws to the news media's glare before next year's Olympic Games, authorities are cracking down on groups that help AIDS victims and orphans, shuttering their offices and banning meetings and other gatherings.

In an attack on the "disgusting" political conditions in the one-party state, Ai Weiwei told the Guardian he would not attend the opening ceremony a year from now, or allow himself to be associated with either the

Kalon Tripa is expected to attend the inaugural function of a branch office of Youth Liberation front of Tibet in Sonepat, Haryana on 17 August. Tibetan Prime Minister Prof.

The Chinese government has announced new measures, translated below into English by ICT, stating that all reincarnated lamas (tulkus) must have government approval. The measures, which are

The Dalai Lama is in here, but we cannot speak about him: A Tibetan man, pointing to his heart. In the third of a series of pieces from Tibet, the BBC's Michael Bristow looks at the

Most of this province, and parts of several others, including Sichuan and Yunnan, were long part of Tibet itself before China's People's Liberation Army marched into the area

With the polish of veteran TV emcees, the slick, Chinese-speaking announcers used every trick in the book to try to get a largely Tibetan crowd of a few hundred people involved in the singing and dancing on stage.

The government blocks access to thousands of Internet news websites and broadcasts in Chinese, Tibetan, and Uighur by a dozen foreign radio stations are jammed. At least 30