In the aftermath of the devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Xizang, the swift government action to rescue ...

Shigatse is one of Tibet's holiest cities and home to the Tashilhunpo Monastery - the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama - second only to the Dalai Lama in Tibetan Buddhism. Image: Shigatse is ...

A 15th-century monastery in Tibet is still intact after a deadly 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook the northern foothills of Mount Everest. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit near Shigatse, one of Tibet's ...

According to a fact-sheet on the January 7 earthquake – which levelled thousands of houses and killed over 100 people in ...

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 ...

No damage has been reported to Shigatse's Tashilhunpo monastery, state media reported, founded in 1447 by the first Dalai Lama. The 14th and current Dalai Lama has said he was deeply saddened by ...

Firefighters install a heating facility for quake-affected residents inside a makeshift house in Yejiang village of Dingri county in Shigatse ... Tsogo Chode Monastery and the 600-year-old ...

More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet, but with limited media ...

Rescuers in the freezing, high-altitude Tibet region in western China searched a second day for any remaining victims of a deadly earthquake that struck near a holy city for Tibetan Buddhists, before ...

Search and rescue teams race the clock to find those unaccounted for as temperatures are to drop as low as minus 18 degrees Celsius overnight.