On top of the world Sep 12, 2009
Ours was one of the few expeditions to have seen the Tibetan side of Mount Everest since the 1930s, and it was an enormous privilege to have the entire North Face to ourselves ... A week later, Tibet yak herders led us another 10 kilometres up the valley, where we set up our Advance Base Camp ... Twenty-two years passed before I climbed above 8000 metres again, also on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
BUDDHIST TEMPLEConsecrated in Zuni Mountains Sep 11, 2009
In Tibet and all Buddhist countries, the sites of stupas are gathering places for Buddhist practitioners, who come to pray, meditate and make offerings to accumulate merit and to connect with their own innate purity, according to the program ... Stanley and Shirley Giser, owners of the mountain property, and Tibetan monks from California greeted visitors, which included much of the Zuni Mountain population as well as out of town participants ... There are also texts from the major sects of... (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
NW China's Yushu boasts legends, beauty and Tibetan culture Sep 5, 2009
As the source of China's three major rivers, center of Kham Tibetan culture and the site where a Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) princess languished in a political marriage, it is a well preserved and, so far, little visited place to explore ... It does, however, make a good base for excursions and is also a center for Kham Tibetan culture which dominates this part of Qinghai ... In Tibetan culture, prayers are often represented by a pebble or stone carved with holy script placed in a certain spot -... (Xinhuanet, China)
Ladakh: Land of serene Buddhist legacies and pristine lakes Aug 27, 2009
He ethereal cold desert of Ladakh, encapsulated in such evocative names as The Last Shangri-La, 'Moonscape' and 'Little Tibet' all of which ring true is a land that seldom fails to baffle or surprise. Its landscape is extraordinary, to say the least, with its high altitude negating the prospect of tall trees and vegetation. (India Times)
Romero embarks on next climb Aug 27, 2009
The final climb in Jordan s quest to become the youngest person in the world to climb the Seven Summits, will be the 29,000-foot Mt. Everest in the Himalayas of Tibet next year. Track Jordan s progress to the summit of Carstensz Pyramid online at. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
Mandala: The Perfect Circle - Buddhist Cosmic Diagrams Come to Life Aug 24, 2009
The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) houses an esteemed and wide-ranging collection of Himalayan art; the paintings, pictorial textiles, and sculptures are drawn from cultures that touch upon the 1,800 mile arc of mountains that extends from Afghanistan in the northwest to Myanmar (Burma) in the southeast and includes Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia, and Bhutan. With changing exhibitions and exciting events, RMA allows people of all ages and backgrounds to discover art from the far-away Himalayas conveniently... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Groups try to block Idaho, Montana wolf hunts Aug 21, 2009
The French director of "Seven Years in Tibet," Jean-Jacques Annaud, will direct an adaptation of the best-selling Chinese novel "Wolf Totem" - the story of the relationship between Mongolian nomads and wolves seen by some as a critique of Communist rule. Production company Beijing Forbidden City Film Co. made the announcement in a statement obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
When Did Humans Return After Last Ice Age? Aug 13, 2009
New research shows the most recent of these lakes, in the Himalaya Mountains of Tibet, broke through. (Dec. (Science Daily)
China using stickers to quell tension Aug 10, 2009
Even so, its recent story is typical of other troubled parts of China including Tibet, where similar ethnic riots broke out in March 2008 ... Since the Tibet riots, the country also has seen protests after the earthquake in Sichuan province in May 2008, and riots by factory workers who lost their jobs amid the global recession ... In contrast to the riots in Tibet, when more than 950 people were detained, the government in Beijing has been quick to announce that defendants will be offered... (USA Today -- News)
China dips its toe in the Black Sea Aug 1, 2009
Chinese experts have pointed out that with the easing of cross-strait tensions in China's equations with Taiwan, the scope for US meddling in China's affairs has drastically reduced and this, in turn, has shifted US attention to China's western regions of Xinjiang and Tibet. There is much strategic ambiguity as to what is precipitating the fresh upswing of Islamist activities in the broad swathe of land that constitutes the "soft underbelly" of Russia and China. (Asia Times Online)
Taiwan love hotel perfect for traveler with bike Jul 31, 2009
From Seoul to Shanghai and Thailand to Tibet, Asias diverse cultures and landscapes are a travelers dream. more photos. (MSNBC -- Travel)
India-Kashmir raillink lurches forward Jul 24, 2009
As India struggles to coordinate its mega-buck project, it is not being allowed to forget that China finished a similar high-altitude railway line in adjacent Tibet in the remarkably short period of five years ... India's strategists, meanwhile, are dreaming of taking the railway line up to the Tibetan plateau, in the Ladakh area of Indian administered Kashmir, but given the track record in the present Kashmir project, the odds are heavily stacked against such an adventure. (Asia Times Online)
Nepal plunges into politics of languages Jul 9, 2009
The Sherpa community, which provides high-altitude guides to mountaineers attempting to scale Everest and other Himalayan peaks, is uncomfortable over purported moves to marginalize their language to bestow a higher status to a language used by recent immigrants from Tibet. But people living in the foothills of snow-capped mountains in the northern belt have not lost their cool, and are not making much noise. (Asia Times Online)
* Internet plays key role in Uighur unrest Jul 9, 2009
In the Internet age, events in places like Xinjiang or Tibet, which were always considered very remote, can suddenly become close and immediate for people around the world, said Xiao Qiang (j), director of the Berkeley China Internet Project at the University of California-Berkeley ... The government did so in March over worries about renewed anti-Chinese demonstrations in Tibetan areas. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Exhibition promotes nature conservation Jul 8, 2009
Animal experts say thanks to the efforts of grassroots conservationists, the number of endangered species in China, such as the giant panda and Tibetan antelope, have increased over the past two decades ... Zhaxi Sanger has been involved in bird protection in Tibet ... So far the Tibetan monk has drawn pictures and recorded details about more than 400 birds on the Tibetan plateau. (Xinhuanet, China)
At least 140 dead, 800 injured in China's restive Xinjiang Jul 6, 2009
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China says at least 140 dead in rioting by Uighurs Jul 6, 2009
The unrest echoed deadly violence in Buddhist Tibet in March last year when Tibetans stormed through the streets of the region's capital, Lhasa, attacking Han Chinese in frustration at what they claimed was repressive Chinese rule ... As in Tibet, they also complain about Han Chinese moving into Xinjiang and dominating economic and political life. (Yahoo! Asia News)
South Asia Jul 5, 2009
Al-Qaeda planned and financed the mission because its key sanctuaries in the border areas with Afghanistan have been "violated'. - Syed Saleem Shahzad (May 28,'09) INTERVIEW General David Petraeus, the commander of United States Central Command, addresses head-on a wide range of sensitive issues, from "enhanced interrogation techniques" to Afghan civilian casualties. Some of his comments, though, contradict earlier reports, such as his thoughts on US troop withdrawal from Iraq. (May 27,'09) The... (Asia Times Online)
Underneath the muck Jun 29, 2009
Their mission: to help preserve sacred Buddhist murals, some hundreds of years old, which could be found in a handful of remote villages and temples on the eastern Tibetan plateau. The California-based foundation was set up in 1997 by three friends in Los Angeles, to make a difference in Kham Tibet ... Its first undertaking was the conservation of Tibetan architecture and art. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Jackson woman living life in retirement Jun 23, 2009
She is staying in shape for her next adventure, a trekking trip in Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet in December. She is very much alive and very organized. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Clouds over India's Goddess Mountain Jun 23, 2009
Himalayan glacier-dependant major Asian rivers, also among the world's longest, include China's Yangtze and Yellow rivers, India's Ganges and the Indus that starts in Tibet and flows through India and Pakistan, the Brahmaputra in India and Bangladesh and Myanmar's Irrawaddy ... Seventy years later, Shipton and Tillman may be excused for wanting to dunk in the roaring Ganges the noisy motorbike gangs of "pilgrims" who clog the 21st-century approach to Nanda Devi, on the 264 km road from Rishikesh... (Asia Times Online)
China 'unfairly seen as eco-villain' Jun 19, 2009
To Lee from Northampton, England, before you accuse China of destroying Tibet's culture and environment, let's look at the long list of countries that were destroyed in a much worse manner by colonial England ... However, I notice he failed to mention the once beautiful country of Tibet - where it's original owners would live in perfect harmony with the environment ... that was until the Chinese invasion, which saw 80% of it's forests cut down, nuclear waste dumped all over the place, strip... (BBC News -- Science)
Premier Wen tells children to learn to love Jun 2, 2009
Sangye Lhamo, from Medog County in southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region, attracted the premier's attention because he knew Medog was China's only county without paved roads ... Wen said he hoped Sangye Lhamo's trip to Beijing would not be so hard in future, "because the government will build a road to your hometown from Lhasa (Tibet's capital) soon.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Wiring Shangri-La Jun 1, 2009
The Kingdom of Bhutan, squeezed between India and Chinese-occupied Tibet, has managed to remain apart from the rest of our globalized world, partly because of its naturally fortified position thousands of feet up on the edge of the great Himalayas, partly because of its laudable, courageous king s determination to preserve what he can of the harmonious, the delicate, and the defenseless ... Every house, office, and hotel must be built in the country s traditional style, an engaging mixture of... (The American Conservative)
The Hergé museum: Totally Tintin May 29, 2009
Some 200m albums have been sold in all, giving children their first taste of the exotic as Tintin fights bullies and solves mysteries from the jungles of Latin America to the mountains of Tibet: a sort of cartoon National Geographic, with the added appeal of car crashes and fist-fights. Both groups of fans will find much to please them in the new museum. (The Economist)
SA climber summits Everest May 23, 2009
Black, Kojetin and Stern were set to climb Everest in 2008 but unfortunately plans were put on hold when their permit for climbing the mountain was retracted at the last minute due to conflict between Tibet and China. One of the sponsors of the 2009 Mount Everest challenge was Cape Union Mart and its technical outdoor brand, K-Way. (iAfrica.com)
Al-Qaeda keeps its eyes on Afghanistan May 23, 2009
The source of the Indus is in Tibet; it begins at the confluence of the Sengge and Gar rivers that drain the Nganglong Kangri and Gangdise Shan mountain ranges. The Indus then flows northwest through Ladakh and Baltistan into Gilgit, just south of the Karakoram range. (Asia Times Online)
Babies Born To Native High-altitude Mothers Have Decreased Risk Of Low Birth Weight May 20, 2009
Native Tibetan women s babies weigh more than the babies of Han women, a Chinese population that recently moved to the high altitude of Tibet. It is not clear what accounts for these differences, but they may occur because of differences in. (Science Daily)
A peak experience May 16, 2009
Jl Photography / AlamyDotted with Tibetan prayer flags, the famed peak of Kala Pattar in the Nepalese Himalaya is at the center of the magnificent circle including Everest, Nupste, Lhotse and Pumori ... Such peaks include Uluru (Ayers Rock), a sacred mountain for Australia's Aboriginal people, and Kailash mountain in Tibet, a holy mountain for Buddhists. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Global warming threatens Tibet railway: report May 6, 2009
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's controversial railway to the remote and restless mountainous region of Tibet could be threatened by , which may melt the permafrost on which the tracks are built, state media said Wednesday. "In Tibet, the mercury has climbed an average of 0.32 degrees Celsius every decade since records began in 1961," China Meteorological Administration head Zheng Guoguang was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua news agency ... "This is much higher than the national average... (Scientific American)
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ESCONDIDO: Tibetan monastery making final push on expansion effort : North County Times - Californian 05-03-2009 ... ESCONDIDO: Tibetan monastery making final push on expansion effort ... It is the Drikung Kyobpa Choling Monastery, the region's only Tibetan meditation center, which was founded 12 years ago by Drupon Samten Rinpoche, a meditation master born in India's Himalayan Mountains. (North County Times)
Afghan surge takes a fruitful twist Apr 1, 2009
It comes as no surprise to his friends at an American military base here that he plans to ride a motorbike from Kathmandu, Nepal, to Lhasa, Tibet, during his first 10 days of work leave. But he is already frustrated by some of the financial and security obstacles he faces in his first month of work in Afghanistan. (Asia Times Online)
Cyber Spies: Network Breaks Into 103 Governments Mar 29, 2009
(TORONTO) A cyber spy network based mainly in China hacked into classified documents from government and private organizations in 103 countries, including the computers of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan exiles, Canadian researchers said Saturday. The work of the Information Warfare Monitor initially focused on allegations of Chinese cyber espionage against the Tibetan community in exile, and eventually led to a much wider network of compromised machines, the Internet-based research group said ...... (Time.com)
On Serfs Emancipation Day, celebration, recollection, and wishes from across China Mar 29, 2009
In Beijing, Serfs Emancipation Day became the hottest topic among students in the Tibet Middle School. People from elsewhere in China expressed their wishes to the Tibetans ... Tibetan people in traditional dress celebrate the first Serfs Emancipation Day at home in Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 28, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Celebration for Serfs Emancipation Day held in Tibet Mar 28, 2009
A grand celebration Tibet's first Serfs Emancipation Day started at 10 a.m. on Saturday. It was held at the square in front of the Potala Palace in Tibet Autonomous Region ... A Chinese national flag flicks at the square in front of Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 26, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Ethnic learning Mar 28, 2009
During the presentation, Javed focused on marriage and the family, while Syed described the geography of Pakistan, particularly the spectacular location of his hometown, known as Little Tibet, in the mountains. The average Pakistani can't afford to send his children to private schools, Javed said. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
* He said it'd be OK to kill my wife Mar 26, 2009
Kuo also argued that Chinese should occupy Taiwan and keep its natives under the kind of authoritarian rule that prevailed during the Martial Law era and exists today in regions such as Tibet and Xinjiang. As Chinese in this distorted, racist view of the world are superior, this implies that my partner, her parents, her family, her best friends adorable baby girl Maegan, many of my coworkers and friends, the kind tribal chief I met on a trip to the beautiful Smangus homeland in the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Tibetan monks held after China riot: state media Mar 22, 2009
More than 90 monks have been detained in a Tibetan-inhabited town of northwest China after at least 100 people attacked a police station, state media said Sunday. The riot on Saturday in Rabgya, in the mountains of Qinghai province, is the first reported major protest in China's Tibetan areas since the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet on March 10 ... Chinese authorities have launched a massive security clampdown in recent weeks to quell possible unrest... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
* [EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] Mar 20, 2009
Oasis says the Chinese government revoked the performance licenses after discovering that bandmember Noel Gallagher had appeared at a Free Tibet Concert in 1997. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson claimed the concerts organizers cancelled the shows because of economic reasons in their business operations. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
A Thousand Movements | Shen Wei Dance Arts group transforms photographs to real life dance moves in performance Mar 18, 2009
Re- Part One was inspired by Shen's two trips to the mountains of Tibet, where he met monks in the monasteries, spent time with children in orphanages and took in the pure landscapes that play a large role in his choreography. The piece was performed as a chant sung by a native of Tibet ... Proceeds from the sales of a book of his photography will be sent back to Tibet. (Daily Orange, NY)
Dalai Lama and a man's passion for Tibet Mar 17, 2009
FIFTY YEARS ago today the Dalai Lama, dressed as a layman, slipped out of the Summer Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, escaping the gaze of Chinese soldiers ... Namgyal regards himself as an unfortunate soul born on the day his nation's much-loved leader fled to India along with 80,000 other Tibetans ... Since 1950, when the Chinese army first invaded, Tibetans have been forced to live under an oppressive regime during which tens of thousands of Tibetans have died and thousands more imprisoned. (Boston Globe)
Dalai Lama family's former manor celebrate "spring ploughing day" Mar 16, 2009
LHASA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 50 km west of Lhasa's city center, hidden in the middle of nowhere in the Lhasa River Valley surrounded by craggy mountains, is the obscure village of Shexing, a former manor of the 14th Dalai Lama's parents and the now home to about 400 Tibetan farmers. Sunday is the "spring ploughing day", the 20th day of the Tibetan new year and an auspicious date to begin farming according to the Tibetan calendar, calculated on the basis of star movements ... Villagers... (Xinhuanet, China)
Lhasa mourns young women dead in riots Mar 15, 2009
Photo taken on March 14, 2009 shows three employees of the Yishion garment store present fresh flowers by the Lhasa river to mourn the five sales assistants burned to death in an arson attack by rioters on March 14, 2008 in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region ... Yishion, one of the 908 shops torched by the rioters on March 14, 2008, lost five employees, including four Han nationals and one Tibetan ... Photo taken on March 14, 2009 shows the manager of the Yishion garment... (Xinhuanet, China)
The heights traveled to subdue Tibet Mar 15, 2009
After five days, our travels in the Tibetan regions of western China had come to an abrupt end ... The detention, two weeks ago, was not entirely unexpected: I was reporting on Tibet, one of the most delicate issues in the eyes of the Chinese government ... And I was traveling through Tibetan areas of Qinghai and Gansu Provinces as the government was deploying thousands of troops to clamp down on any unrest. (International Herald Tribune)
China 'worried' about U.S. treasury holdings Mar 14, 2009
Wen also offered an unqualified defense Friday of his government's policies in Tibet, ignoring questions about a massive security buildup in the Himalayan region. Tensions have spiked ahead of two key anniversaries this week the 50th anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising that sent the Dalai Lama into exile and Saturday's one-year anniversary of violent anti-Chinese riots in Lhasa that sparked the largest protests in decades ... Asked whether the massive security presence pointed to failings... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Dalai Lama blasts Beijing Mar 12, 2009
Tibetan culture and identity are 'nearing extinction,' he says in a speech ... McLEODGANJ, INDIA An emotional Dalai Lama lashed out at China for oppressing his people and deliberately misrepresenting his dream of Tibetan autonomy ... He warned Tibetans to prepare themselves in case our struggle goes on for a long time. (Globe and Mail)
Tibetan refugees dream of home Mar 11, 2009
com: Tibetan refugees mark painful anniversary with dreams of home ... Tibetan refugees mark painful anniversary with dreams of home ... "You never needed an icebox in a village in Tibet," he says with a grin, trying to inject a bit of mirth into an otherwise bleak reminiscence. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Tibetan refugees mark painful anniversary with dreams of home Mar 11, 2009
"You never needed an icebox in a village in Tibet," he says with a grin, trying to inject a bit of mirth into an otherwise bleak reminiscence ... But he has seen neither grass nor sky of Tibet for 50 years ... Commemorations were held yesterday in this town in the Indian Himalayas to mark the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's flight into exile, after the brutal suppression of a Tibetan uprising by the Chinese army. (Globe and Mail -- International)
* FEATURE : Former Tibetan guerrilla yearns for direct action Mar 10, 2009
FEATURE : Former Tibetan guerrilla yearns for direct action. DEFENDING CIVILIZATION: Lhasang Tsering believes Tibetans must choose between surrendering to evil or using violence to defeat the evil; there is no middle way DPA, DHARAMSALA, INDIA Tuesday, Mar 10, 2009, Page 5 ... Exiled Tibetan Buddhists wait to catch a glimpse of the Dalai Lama after a prayer session in Dharmasala, India, yesterday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the failed uprising that forced the Dalai Lama and... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Mayaha Petrosian: Iranian actress takes a turn behind the camera Mar 10, 2009
WIDE RANGE OF ROLES: Mahaya Petrosian has appeared in 23 movies, two TV serials, and a variety of short films and stage productions. Scott Peterson/Getty Images. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
YSL art sale breaks new records Feb 25, 2009
Berge on Monday reiterated an offer to give Beijing the bronzes, worth millions of dollars each, in return for a pledge on human rights and Tibet. China termed Berge's suggestion "ridiculous" and again demanded the return of the relics, part of a collection looted 150 years ago by British and French troops from the imperial Summer Palace. (Ninemsn)
Glaciers In China And Tibet Fading Fast Feb 22, 2009
A three-year study, to be used by the China Geological Survey Institute, shows that glaciers in the Yangtze source area, central to the Qinghai-Tibet plateau in south-western China, have receded 196 square kilometres over the past 40 years ... Several major rivers including the Yangtze, Mekong and Indus begin their journeys to the sea from the Tibetan Plateau Steppe, one of the largest land-based wilderness areas left in the world ... Glacier retreat has become a major environmental issue in... (Science Daily)
A bright young detective Feb 22, 2009
With a rambling ancestral estate, an out-of-commission Rolls-Royce and an adventuress mother lost on the mountains of Tibet, the quirky de Luces seem anachronistic even for 1950s England. When a dead body turns up in their cucumber patch, the youngest member of the family, 11-year-old Flavia, takes it upon herself to solve the crime. (The Gazette (Montreal))
Tibetan monks, police clash in Sichuan Feb 20, 2009
THE county of Lithang in Sichuan province has been locked down after clashes between Tibetan monks, laypeople, nomads and Chinese security forces, say residents. Yesterday Chinese authorities ordered government and security forces in Tibet to crush any signs of support for the Dalai Lama as the 50th anniversary of an anti-Chinese uprising neared ... On the second day, she said she saw several hundred Tibetans gathered downtown, shouting "long live the Dalai Lama" - the spiritual leader of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Landis climbs back into the bike saddle Feb 19, 2009
Kyodo News, via The Associated Press Officials have significantly increased security forces across Tibet in the face of a grass-roots movement to boycott festivities during the coming Tibetan New Year. In Opinion: More Headlines. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
A year after China quashed revolt, Tibetans simmer with resentment Feb 18, 2009
TONGREN, China -- Scratch only a little bit, and Dorje, a Tibetan nomad, lets loose with a tirade at the people he simply calls "the Chinese," the majority Han who he says will get no respite from Tibetan frustration this year - or for generations ... On the cusp of the first anniversary of a mass revolt on the Tibetan Plateau that marked the worst ethnic unrest in China in nearly two decades, many Tibetans still seethe at living under China's thumb ... Another imminent anniversary date adds to... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
March-April 2009 GSA Bulletin media highlights Feb 11, 2009
Quaternary glaciation of Muztag Ata and Kongur Shan: Evidence for glacier response to rapid climate changes throughout the Late Glacial and Holocene in westernmost Tibet Yeong Bae Seong et al., Dept. of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA; corresponding author: Lewis Owen ... Seong et al. define the timing and extent of past glaciation for two massifs, Muztag Ata and Kongur Shan, in western Tibet using remote sensing, geomorphic mapping, and 10-Be terrestrial... (EurekAlert!)
Mom and Pop Whitman track the elusive snow leopard Feb 8, 2009
Oh, they're still in Australia, but have taken a trip to Tibet ... They range amid the most formidable series of mountains on Earth: the Himalaya and Karakoram; the Plateau of Tibet; adjoining Kunlun; the Hindu Kush, Pamirs, and Tian Shan; the Altay, whose peaks define Mongolia's border with China, Kazakhstan, and Russia; and the Sayan chain west of Lake Baikal ... Snow leopards hunt high-country prey: ibex, argali, urial and blue sheep, tahr, Tibetan antelope, gazelles, deer; and other small... (Weymouth News, MA)
World Traveler Feb 8, 2009
This time, she and a friend she met through the Peace Corps are taking their own six-month journey that will lead them to Morocco, India, Egypt, Jordan, Tibet and Nepal. The two women traveled to Cambodia and Thailand during their leave from their Peace Corps duties in Kazakhstan and those experiences gave them both the travel bug, Arent said. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
