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Tibet will be soldered to China today with the opening of a railway line across the Himalayas. But the controversy around the engineering marvel was highlighted at Beijing station yesterday when protesters unfurled a banner warning that the line would destroy the culture and environment of

China is proud to launch its first ever railway in Tibet, also popularly known as the roof of the world. Yet, as with so much else in China's often harsh 56 year rule over Tibet, the 710 mile long railway to the Tibetan capital has drawn controversy even before the first

Students for Free Tibet along with Tibetans living in the US capital and Charlottsville, Virginia, staged a very feisty demonstration in front the Chinese Embassy here in Washington, DC on July 1 to denounce the inauguration of the Golmud-Lhasa Railway line. Visibly angry and incensed

China has taken up seriously with the Nepal government the matter of "vulnerable" Tibetan refugees currently in Nepal being resettled in the United States, said Deputy Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli here

The Department of Immigration, Nepal today deported 3 Tibetan men to India. They were arrested 20 days earlier at Thankot Police Check Post on the edge of Kathmandu Valley along with 6 other Tibetans while traveling from India to Nepal without carrying any valid

More than 40 exile Tibetans have been arrested and detained at Marine Drive police station in Mumbai. The protestors - all members of the Tibetan Youth Congress - were detained for staging a demonstration outside the Chinese consulate against the operation of Chinese railway line

Sitting in a 22nd floor hotel room in Hong Kong, Beijing suddenly feels like a million miles away instead of just a three hour plane ride of fitful sleep. We touched down here Friday night at around 9:30 pm after two days in China that brought me increased

After conquering mountain peaks and permafrost, the builders of the world's highest railway are facing a new threat: cigarette smokers. On the inaugural 48-hour voyage of the Beijing-Tibet train yesterday, Chinese officials were gearing up for the danger of banned cigarettes in the Canadian-built

For 25 years, India has been seeking to settle by negotiation with China the disputed Indo-Tibetan frontier. Yet, not only have the negotiations yielded no concrete progress on a settlement, but they also have failed so far to remove even the ambiguities plaguing

As India and China prepare to reopen a Himalayan pass on the legendary Silk Road trade route between East and West this week, some Indian military experts warn China could use the pass to extend its spy network deep into India