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Metabolic syndrome in native populations living at high altitude: a cross-sectional survey in Derong, China
The Health Examination Program of Derong County was a free health examination programme for all native ... A survey of 692 participants at 3700 m in Tibet reported that the prevalence of metabolic ...
Tibet hit by two powerful aftershocks of last week’s earthquake
A rural county in the Chinese region of Tibet, still feeling tremors from last week’s magnitude 6.8 earthquake, was jolted on ...
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Visa-free China, students embrace being single, Tibet mega dam: 5 weekend reads you missed
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Tents arrive for survivors of a quake that killed 126 in freezing, high-altitude Tibet
The death toll stood at 126 as of Tuesday evening. The quake struck the city of Xigaze, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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China pushes ahead with huge — and controversial — dam in Tibet
Beijing has approved plans to dam the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which flows from Tibet into India and Bangladesh, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.
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Tibetan MPs embark on Nordic advocacy tour for Tibet from January 22-30
A parliamentary delegation from the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile will go to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden from January 22 to 30, 2025, as part of the Tibet advocacy campaign in Europe. The Tribune ...
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A powerful quake rocked Tibet but the full impact remains unclear due to China's censorship
According to Radio Free Asia, authorities have been prohibiting people from posting earthquake-related content on social media. The ABC has chosen to blur the faces of those posting from Tibet ...
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Focus shifts to Tibet earthquake survivors as search called off
BEIJING: Authorities moved more than 45,000 people in earthquake-hit Tibet to shelters in a massive rescue operation near the foot of the Himalayas, as they wound down the search in a high ...
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China approves Tibet mega dam that could generate 3 times more power than Three Gorges
China has approved the construction of a colossal hydropower project on Tibet’s longest river that could generate three times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam, state news agency Xinhua ...
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China To Build World's Largest Hydropower Dam In Tibet
The project will play a major role in meeting China's carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, stimulate related industries such as engineering, and create jobs in Tibet, the official Xinhua ...
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China assures Brahmaputra Dam in Tibet will have ‘no negative impact on lower reaches’
(ANI Photo)(Pitamber Newar) The Chinese foreign ministry defended its decision to give a green signal for the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, despite India and Bangladesh ...