A series of relief actions have been carried out rapidly in the quake-hit areas. Normal life has been restored at ...

China’s state news agency recently announced government approval for constructing the world’s largest hydropower project, ...

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...

Geologically, the Tibetan Plateau ranks among the most seismically active areas worldwide, serving as a convergence zone for the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates ...

Firefighters install a heating facility for quake-affected residents inside a makeshift house in Yejiang village of Dingri county in Shigatse, Southwest ... the exact location of the buried ...

Only a third of China’s trade surplus was with the United States, and only a third of the U.S. deficit was with China. That makes for tricky math for the president-elect. By Keith Bradsher ...

A quake of magnitude 8.0 that killed 69,227 people in May 2008 was one of China's deadliest natural disasters in decades. The ...

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 ...

Mainland China sent 11,000 rescuers to the quake ... work amidst rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake in a location given as Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region (via REUTERS) About 1,000 ...

An infographic detailing the location of the 6.8 earthquake An initial survey showed 3,609 homes had been destroyed in the Shigatse region ... on the Tibetan side, China's state broadcaster ...

Members of a rescue team help a person walk through rubble left in the aftermath of an earthquake in a location given as Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in this screengrab obtained ...