A search and rescue dog from Chongqing has captured online attention thanks to its rescue efforts across several villages in ...
The popularity of road trips across China has made this area, in particular, a favorite route for adventurous driving. The ...
Shigatse city is renowned for its Tashilhunpo Monastery, a major tourist attraction today. This area, as indeed much of southwestern China, is sadly earthquake prone. Its magnificent scenery is ...
Many homes in Shigatse city were reduced to rubble ... and were forecast to drop as low as minus 16 C (3 F) overnight. The China Earthquake Networks Centre located the epicentre at Tingri county ...
Home to some 60,000 people, Tingri is Tibet's most populous county on China's border with Nepal and is administered from Shigatse, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most ...
Thousands of rescuers were searching for survivors in freezing conditions Wednesday after a devastating earthquake in China's ...
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the quake hit Dingri County in Shigatse, a remote area near the northern base camp of Mount Qomolangma, also widely known as Mount Everest, ...
A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China.
The 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck an area that serves as a major stop on the way to the North Base Camp, where adventurers ...
Rescue workers conduct search for survivors in the aftermath of an earthquake in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua via AP An initial survey showed 3,609 homes had been ...