But what do they mean, and how do these names come about? A "generation" usually refers to a group of people born around the ...

Whenever I see a genealogy chart—the kind with names, dates, and lines connecting the generations—my eye always moves to the names that form the end of their branch on the family tree.

During China's "two sessions" earlier this month, Penpa Lhamo, a member of CPPCC made her proposals concerning the development of her hometown, Xizang Autonomous Region. Lhamo, me ...