China’s Tibet railway isn’t the engineering marvel it’s cracked up to be. The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts details some of the serious problems the railway is experiencing after less than a month of service.
The safety of passengers on the world’s highest - and newest - railway is threatened by cracks, yaks and shifting sands, the Chinese […]
Under this awkward title, a recent Phayul.com article gives new insight into the recent phenomenon of masses of Tibetans in Amdo burning animal skins in response to a recent appeal from the Dalai Lama. At the Kalachakra intitiation in southern India in January, the Dalai Lama spoke pointedly, saying he was “ashamed” to see images […]
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