Archaeologists have discovered 4,800-year-old relics in the earliest known lakeside settlement in Tibet, officially the ...

BEIJING--China has approved the construction of what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect ...

Tibet is situated on the Tibet Plateau, which includes parts of neighboring Chinese provinces Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan. These areas used to be part of Tibet until Chinese rule.

Most of Asia's major rivers find their source on the Tibetan plateau. However as the global temperature rises, Tibet’s glaciers are melting and grassland permafrost is thawing at an alarming rate.

While commercial planes are not specifically banned from flying over the Himalayas, there's an unsettling reason why they generally avoid doing it.

The Tibetan Plateau, also known as the "Roof of the World ... In the light of an in-flight emergency, having accessible airports or flat terrain for emergency landings is also important.

China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has made a breakthrough in mineral exploration. Since the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), more than 20 million tons of new copper resources have been ...