Tibet

Date: June 15th, 2004 |

The Tibet Information Network (TIN) reported June 14 that road travel in Tibet has become dramatically more dangerous in recent years because of several factors including unsealed roads, inexperienced drivers and the conditions under which the drivers must work. Many tour companies put heavy pressure on drivers to return on time so the vehicles can [read more]

Tibet

Date: August 1st, 2001 |

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Chinese security on the border with Nepal has been intensified in an effort to prevent Tibetans from escaping over the mountains to Nepal and on to India. Such efforts shouldn’t affect Western travelers going overland between Nepal and Tibet, but once they reach Lhasa, the colorful local Tibetans they see may be less authentic than [read more]

Tibet

Date: May 30th, 2001 |

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Not to be outdone by Afghanistan’s Taliban, who destroyed ancient statues of Buddha amidst cries of protest from the international community, the Chinese government has teamed up with Spanish mountaineers to thumb its nose at the rest of the world and allow an expedition up Mt. Kailash in Tibet, a mountain sacred to Hindus, Buddhists, [read more]

Tibet

Date: June 10th, 2003 |

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The border with Nepal, which Chinese authorities had closed April 27 as part of an effort to prevent SARS from reaching Tibet, is set to reopen July 1. Flights between Kathmandu and Lhasa had been canceled at the same time but will be allowed to resume in July. Road traffic from China into the Tibetan [read more]

Tibet

Date: July 26th, 2001 |

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Chinese officials have begun cracking down on private religious practice in Lhasa, confiscating altars, thangka paintings and other Buddhist objects from local homes. Previously such restrictions only applied to government workers and Communist Party members, but recently the ban was extended to the general public. For years one common way for visitors to connect with [read more]