Alongside Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple is one of the most important sites in Tibet. The Jokhang Temple was built in the seventh century to promote Buddhism in Tibet, and as such earned the ...

Reporting from BEIJING — A fire broke out at Tibet’s most sacred temple on Saturday, and the public knows no more. The blaze may have severely damaged the 1,300 year-old temple and many of its ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Buddhist temples and monasteries in Tibet must become propaganda centres for the ruling Communist Party, where monks and nuns learn to "revere" science and appreciate the party's ...

Fire appears to have engulfed the gilded roof of Tibetan Buddhism's holiest temple, though details on the extent of the damage are scarce even two days later. Chinese state-controlled media confirmed ...

DHARAMSALA, INDIA — He’s a “living Buddha” with movie-star good looks and an iPod, a 25-year-old who rubs shoulders with Richard Gere and Tom Cruise and is mentioned as a successor to the Dalai Lama.

China’s state media says that all cultural relics and the main building in Lhasa are intact, but many Tibetans doubt it. On February 17 — one day after the Tibetan New Year or Losar, the most ...

In 1959, the HH Dalai Lama and many Tibetan followers fled Chinese-controlled Tibet, crossing the Himalayan Mountains to seek ...

In the most recent issue of Party political theory journal Qiushi, Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region Chen Chuanguo wrote an essay calling for monasteries and temples in the region to aid ...

The Eight Outer Temples in the city of Chengde in Hebei Province prove that Tibet has always been part of China. The Putuo Zongchengzhi Temple and Xumi Fushouzhi Temple are the most famous of these ...

Fire appears to have engulfed the gilded roof of Tibetan Buddhism’s holiest temple, though details on the extent of the damage are scarce even two days later. Chinese state-controlled media confirmed ...