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High in the Himalayas, a salty, buttery brew fuels both body and spirit. More than a drink, it is a centuries-old ritual of ...
Chinese scientists have recently discovered that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau acts as the only net greenhouse gas (GHG) sink ...
To walk through Lhasa is to float above the clouds and breathe thin air thickened with heady incense and pungent yak butter.
Pat Riddell, editor of National Geographic Traveller (UK), said: “Our competition goes from strength to strength, with this ...
Mount Everest, located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, is the tallest mountain in the world. It reaches an elevation of ...
Maps have divided transnational ethnic groups Nagas, Zos, Bhutias, Bengalis and Nepalis, among others, but the Naga or the Zo ...
Mount Everest, located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, is the tallest mountain in the world. It reaches an elevation of ...
On International Tea Day, observed annually on May 21, here are some varieties of tea that are either grown or consumed in ...
A plate of momo filled with spiced meat served with an achar or jhol is often the go-to order after flipping through the ...
Richard, "The potential for rangeland management in Yak-rearing areas of the Tibetan ... China’s big push to stoke economy rattles Tibet,” The Wall Street Journal Europe, August 25, 2006.
Nepal, the landlocked Himalayan country settled between China and India, is regularly hailed as the extreme goal for t ...
One of Meng Fanhua's yak ink-painting works in the exhibition hall in Lhasa on June 19, 2018. [Photo by Palden Nyima] More than 40 paintings of yaks produced by Tibet's famous yak painter Meng Fanhua ...