During thorny human rights talks with China on Friday, the European Union voiced concerns about what it called a “deterioration of fundamental freedoms” in the country. The EU cited “government interference” in the succession plan for the Dalai Lama,...

A renowned Chinese television host has been praised for helping a tourist suffering with altitude sickness. The plaudits came after curious online observers dug into her past life and discovered her legendary history. On May 28, television personality Zhu...

Chinese President Xi Jinping met the Panchen Lama on Friday and called for continued efforts to promote the “sinicisation of religion”, state media reports said. The call from Xi comes exactly one month before the exiled Dalai Lama’s critical...

Chinese scientists have traced the origins of the “ghost ancestors” of modern Tibetans to the southwestern province of Yunnan through analysis of ancient DNA. The origins of people living on the Tibetan Plateau – and how their ancestors migrated,...

China’s most powerful destroyer can now strike beyond visual-range targets with pinpoint precision by linking to an airborne early warning system – the same technology used by the Pakistan Air Force in the recent Kashmir conflict – according to...

Such incidents are unusual in the tightly controlled region, and all 31 people involved have been given administrative penalties.

Move comes two weeks after Chinese officials were hit with US visa curbs over allegedly restricting access to Tibetan areas.