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Tibetans who lost their livestock and livelihoods in snowstorms in Qinghai province in 1995-7 have now lost their homes due to the most severe storms that have been reported in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

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Unless you read the label, nothing about this lovely new semisoft cheese suggests that it comes from Tibet. Or that it is made from yak milk. The cheese resembles Gruy่re, though a little less nutty and a bit muskier.

illustration: Insu Lee

The Dalai Lama's black-and-white likeness used to hang on a downtown building facade, encouraging consumers to "Think Different." In the recent American past, Buddhism, manifesting its signature go-with-the-flow malleability

Australian companies could take advantage of significant cost savings operating in the "emerging story" of the resources sector, China, the head of an Australian gold producer said today.

The Canada Tibet Committee is pleased to announce that a 39-year-old woman is cycling her way around the world to help free Tibet. Karen McLinton first began her global cycle to overcome her own personal battle against chronic fatigue syndrome.

A strong earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted southwest China's Tibet today, but there is no report of any casualty or damage.

There are two significant developments in the visit of Gyaltsen Norbu (CH: Gyaincain Norbu), the boy chosen by China as the 11th Panchen Lama to the Kumbum and, reportedly, Labrang monasteries in Amdo.

Stringent security procedures were in place for the recent visit of the Chinese appointed Panchen Lama, 13 year old Gyaltsen Norbu, to Kumbum (Chinese: Ta’ersi) monastery in Huangzhong (Tib: Kumbum) county, as part of a 11-day tour of Qinghai.