It's hard to miss Potala Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This grand, imposing structure stands more than 12,000 feet above sea level on Marpo-ri, or Red Hill, in the middle of central Lhasa ...

The Potala Palace, formerly home to the Dalai Lama, is renovated by Chinese authorities, but Tibetan exiles say China threatens Tibet's religion and culture. Skip to content. Coronavirus; ...

Historically, the palace has served not only as Tibet’s political nerve center, but also as its spiritual heart. Tradition holds that Lhasa’s three main hills – Chokpori, ...

A distinct Tibetan-style brick house in Yarlung Suoka, the region's first village. Qi Xiao / China Daily Nedong county, southeast of Lhasa, is an oasis of tranquility and home to the region's ...

Tibet's Secret Temple: Wellcome Collection's new exhibition showcases the glories of Lhasa's Lukhang Palace. The images and murals that adorned the private temple of Tibet's Dalai Lamas, once ...

China seeks to better preserve the famed Potala Palace in Tibet amid ban on foreign tourists because of Tibetan dissent, possible protests. Skip to content. Coronavirus; Local News.

China closes Tibet’s Potala Palace over COVID outbreak, and Novavax stock is slammed by weak earnings and halving of sales guidance Last Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 1:48 p.m. ET First Published ...

As the Dalai Lama turns 90, the Tibetan spiritual leader finds himself in a tussle with China over who will succeed him. The clash is a long time in the making with the Dalai Lama insisting the ...

F ifty years ago today, two mortar shells landed near the Tibetan palace of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. “When the Chinese guns sounded that warning of death, the first thought in the ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum unveiled the exhibit "Kublai Khan and His Times" on ...

Perched precariously on the top of Mount Tashitseri overlooking the Yarlung River valley, considered the place of origin of Tibetan civilization, the palace was built more than 2,000 years ago by ...