His Holiness,The Dalai Lama of Tibet The Dalai Lama has launched a fierce attack on Chinese rule in his Tibetan homeland, saying his people had experienced "hell on Earth". Five decades of Chinese rule had caused "untold suffering", Tibet's exiled spiritual leader said, accusing Beijing of creating ...

Probably in an effort to calm tensions before the Olympic torch runs through Tibet’s capital city of Lhasa, the Chinese government released over 1,100 people alleged to have been involved in March’s unrest, which brought the world’s attention to the country and left several dozen p...

Every week I feature an adoptable homeless companion animal. Today’s animal is: Opie. “Opie is a Lhaso Apso mix. We don’t know what daddy was but he was obviously a small breed. Opie is a sweet puppy that likes other dogs and wants to play with every one. He believes that every one sho...

Transcript: James Miles interview on Tibet. James Miles, journalist with The Economist, was in Lhasa during violent protests, says he witnessed violence against ethnic Han Chinese and Muslim Hui minority. Q. What you say you saw corroborates the official version. What exactly did you see? A. What I ...

Longtime readers may know that Carpetblogger and the Producer spent 2003 traveling around the world. In fact, on this day five years ago, we hiked out of Tiger Leaping Gorge in northern Yunan Province to see a Chinese dude pointing his fingers like guns at us and "pew! pew! pew!"'ing with ...

The route from Lhasa to the Nepal border or to Everest Base Camp is the most popular route travelers take in Tibet. This route is along the Friendship Highway which connects Lhasa with the Nepal capital city of Kathmandu. Though this route has become very popular with foreign tourists from China and...