Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 14:32
A team of researchers have suggested that a red blood cell production controlling gene evolved quickly to enable Tibetans to tolerate high altitudes.
Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 13:08
Chinese officials in Tibet must build an "impenetrable defense" against separatism and befriend monks and nuns in the restive and remote region, a senior official said in remarks published on Friday.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 23:24
Tibetans are not insisting on independence as any confrontation with China cannot solve the issue and autonomy for the region will be mutually beneficial for both sides, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Sunday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 13:44
Tensions have mounted between Tibet and China since 2008, after riots that broke out in the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Tibetan parts of China, which led to a government crackdown.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 15:34
At least 16 Chinese nationals, mostly Tibetans, were arrested along the Sino-Indian border for illegally crossing over to India in the last two years.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 23:32
A three-day meeting of the Task Force of Exiled Tibetans began on Thursday.
Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 15:58
The Tibetan government-in-exile on Monday asserted again its demand of equal rights for the people of Tibet in China.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 14:54
Chinese police opened fire on Tibetans marking the Dalai Lama`s 78th birthday, shooting at least one monk in the head and seriously wounding several other people, two overseas groups said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 21:26
At least six Tibetans were injured when Chinese paramilitary police fired on a crowd that was attempting to commemorate the Dalai Lama`s birthday in a volatile part of western China, sources in the exile Tibetan community said.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 14:03
"The Chinese govt is subjecting millions of Tibetans to a policy of mass rehousing and relocation that radically changes their way of life, and about which they have no say."
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 17:53
The Karnataka government has assured it would continue supporting Tibetan settlements in the state at a meeting with representatives of the Tibetan government in exile.
Last Updated: Monday, May 20, 2013, 11:57
Tibetan activists on Monday defied security and managed to stage a small protest near the Taj Palace Hotel here where Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is staying, police said.
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