In digesting Tibet's different regions, it's important to know a few things. First, there's a distinction between Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region (also referred to as the TAR). Tibet is ...

This is mainly due to the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950, at which time they shuttered access to Mt. Everest, via Tibet, to all foreigners until 1980. Since then, attaining permits to the ...

The British Museum finds itself at the centre of a growing controversy over its labelling of Tibetan artefacts as originating ...