Washington appoints new US envoy on Tibetan human rights
China has previously criticised the role, accusing the US of interfering in China’s internal affairs.

China has previously criticised the role, accusing the US of interfering in China’s internal affairs.









Rescue operation still under way after avalanche in Chamoli region, adjoining Tibet, trapped dozens of workers.
Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.
Despite protests from locals, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam.
Search for survivors has ended after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Tibet killed at least 126 and wounded dozens.
At least 188 injured as tremors also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India.
Wave of online scepticism about two stories of survival and success in China point to deeper public dissatisfaction.
Experts have said about 1 million Tibetan children were being separated from their families at state boarding schools.
Tibet was communist China’s first conquest and now, Tibetans are working to tell the story of how they resisted Beijing.
Birthday celebration held in India’s Dharamsala where the Dalai Lama has lived in exile for decades after fleeing Tibet.
New study finds unsustainable human use has led to more than half of the largest lakes drying up around the world.