China is set to begin construction on one of its most ambitious rail projects, linking Xinjiang province with Tibet and running "near" the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, Hong Kong-based ...

BEIJING, May 6 (Reuters) - China's controversial railway to the remote and restless mountainous region of Tibet could be threatened by global warming, which may melt the permafrost on which the tracks ...

Chinese airlines have been forced to cut flights to Tibet by up to 55 percent following the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet railway. Since Wednesday, nine flights operated by Air China, Sichuan Airline ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday officially opened a $2-billion extension of its controversial railway into Tibet, state media reported, linking the Tibetan capital of Lhasa with a key Buddhist ...

LHASA, China, July 3 -- -- LHASA, China, July 3 -- After rolling under snow-covered peaks and crossing 2,500 miles, the first train ever to travel from Beijing to Tibet pulled into a station here ...