All news on the topic: Tibet

564
China’s "language purge": Tibetan children forced to abandon their mother tongue in state preschools
Weeks after a Tibetan-speaking five-year-old started preschool, she had "completely stopped speaking Tibetan", according to her mother.
873
Dalai Lama celebrates 90th birthday in Dharamshala with Richard Gere and thousands of followers
Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists streamed into India’s Himalayan town of Dharamshala on Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama.
1195
Heart-stopping moment tourists sprint to escape avalanche rolling towards them
Footage recorded in the city of Nyingchi, Tibet, showed tourists sprinting to escape the hurtling boulder of snow that was careening down the mountain on March 8
918
American killed after avalanche hits Tibetan mountain and fellow climber missing
American traveller Anna Gutu, 32, and her guide, Mingmar Sherpa from Nepal, were reported missing. The pair were were later confirmed dead
1135
Corpse found under guest’s bed who thought he had smelly feet at Tibet hotel
Mr Zhang posted a review of the Guzang Shuhua Inn online, which later went viral on social media and the hotel responded to the post, denying the incident altogether
979
Dalai Lama apologises for asking little boy to 'suck my tongue' in viral video
The strange video shows the most senior spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism asking a boy to "suck my tongue" during an event in northern India's hillside city of Dharamshala back in February
1220
Tibet avalanche - Death toll hits 28 after snow buries drivers alive
Chinese state media reported late on Friday that rescue workers had been digging by hand when they uncovered eight more bodies which bought the search to an end in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region
1193
Devastating avalanche strikes motorway with 20 dead and 8 buried alive in snow
The majority of the victims of the crushing avalanche were Tibetans heading back to their mountain homes ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations in China, which are set to begin on Sunday