The controversial railway into Tibet is going to be expanded to Tibet’s second largest city, Shigatse (Xigaze), Xinhua reports: The Lhasa-Xigaze railway, with a budget of 13.3 billion yuan (1.95 ...

NPR's Rob Gifford reports China is in the process of building a railroad through some of its harshest terrain, to reach the remote region of Tibet. The Chinese government says the project will bring ...

Over the past few year Tibet has intensified the construction of high-speed rail while balancing the ecological protection. The ice chunks are used to decrease the temperature in the Sangzhuling ...

BEIJING, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A controversial railway to Lhasa is still losing money with passenger traffic nearly disappearing from April to June following violent demonstrations in the Tibetan capital ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday officially opened a $2-billion extension of its controversial railway into Tibet, state media reported, linking the Tibetan capital of Lhasa with a key Buddhist ...

The nomadic relocations which are being advertised as "poverty alleviation" are a form of forced displacement that aim at the ...

Tracks were laid 5,072 meters above sea level in Amdo, Tibet, on Wednesday morning, setting a new world record in railway construction. The tracks were laid along the Tanggula Mountain Pass, 255 ...

China’s $50 billion Sichuan–Tibet Railway is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever attempted, cutting through extreme terrain, fragile ecosystems, and geopolitical fault lines. This ...

Infrastructure projects in Tibet have often drawn controversy for failing to balance development, human rights, and environmental protection. As CDT has covered this year, state-sponsored hydropower ...