The Potala Palace in Tibet is a plateau palace with a long history that has attracted many people to view the style and architecture of the building for hundreds of years. This magnificent sanctuary holds many secrets that instill curiosity and reverence. The Potala Palace There is a magnificent palatial-style building complex atop Mar-po-ri (Red Mountain) ...
There is nothing new in the tendency of Chinese nationalists to oppose anything that even remotely touches anti-Chinese views and ideologies, whether it is about border issues with adjacent nations or any individual speaking out against Chinese ideologies. The latest celeb to receive backlash is award-winning actor Keanu Reeves. The John Wick and Matrix actor, ...
In the early 2000s, the Free Tibet movement galvanized the world. From celebrity endorsements to Simpsons cameos, the media launched the plight of Tibet into the Western imagination; the suffering of Tibetans under a foreign regime became well known. Currently, former Tibetian prisoners must use Chinese-issued phones to track their whereabouts. The surpression of Tibet On August ...
If you’re into nature, you’ll love looking at these gorgeous photos of the 10 most beautiful forests in China, and you may even be inspired to visit some of them. Being such an enormous country, China has a variety of climates and geology, which means that there are many different types of forests found from north to ...
After proposing to build the world’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tibet’s sacred Yarlung Tsangpo River, China has taken a further step by establishing new rules to place Tibet’s Buddhist monasteries and nunneries of the Larung Gar region — one of the largest monasteries in Tibet — under its control. This move is seen by many ...
Building a dam no longer just aims to control flooding. Dams now also double as power generators and tourist attractions. China, as of 2019, boasted 23,841 dams. In fact, the largest dam in China is the Three Gorges Dam built on the Yangtze River in Hubei Province. Hence, when China announced another major project, the ...
An identifiable feature of Tibetan culture is its prayer flags. These can be seen almost everywhere in Tibet — rooftops of homes, in mountains, holy places, monasteries, and so on. These prayer flags are believed to ward off evil and are part of Tibetan Buddhist beliefs. As such, it is no wonder that the Chinese ...
A recent report by Human Rights Watch warns that China is pushing the Tibetan language to extinction through its policy of bilingual education. The policy has been implemented in the Tibetan region for more than a decade and has fostered the growth of Chinese language schooling at almost all education levels, sacrificing the study of ...
Grazing exclusion using fences has been applied to rehabilitate degraded grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and elsewhere. However, there is a limited understanding of the effects of grazing exclusion on alpine ecosystem functions and services and its impacts on herders’ livelihoods. A research team led by Dr. SUN Jian from the Institute of Geographic ...
The Potala Palace in Tibet is a highland temple that has attracted worldwide attention for thousands of years. It has fascinated countless people because this temple hides many inexplicable secrets, which makes people feel curious and yearn for answers. The Potala Palace is located on top of a mountain called Marpori (Red Mountain) in the ...