Yellow Hat monks chanting before a prayer session at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, China.
Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in central China that were closed or disrupted two years ago due to conflicts with the government in Beijing are functioning with apparent normalcy this month.
The Idiot took an odyssey to Read more
One not-so-subtle technique employed by the Chinese government to show who’s the boss in Tibet truly reflects their character(s).
Every sign in Tibet uses Chinese characters that are invariably much larger than the corresponding Tibetan script.
Even The Idiot gets the message!
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Lhasa, Tibet
“You will feel like your mind is sublimed and soul purified as we pass the highest freshwater lake in the world,” blared the loudspeaker on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The world’s highest altitude railroad, a construction marvel inaugurated in 2006, reaches an altitude of 5,072 meters (16,640 feet) between Xining and Read more
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