Many homes in Shigatse city were reduced to rubble ... and rescue efforts should be carried out to minimise casualties and to ...

When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -More than 400 people trapped by a strong ... An initial survey showed 3,609 homes had been destroyed in the Shigatse region of Tibet, which is home to 800,000 people, Chinese state ...

Beijing — A strong earthquake killed at least ... and about 14 miles from the region's second-largest city of Shigatse, known as Xigaze in Chinese. About 140 miles away in Nepal's capital ...

The remote Shigatse is far from China’s main cities. This, combined with the extreme cold, has hindered rescue efforts, according to Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu, reporting from Beijing.

188 injured on Tibetan side Survivors trapped under rubble at risk of hypothermia Quake destroyed more than 3,000 homes in Tibet's Shigatse region BEIJING, Jan 8 (Reuters) - More than 400 people ...

BEIJING/KATHMANDU (Reuters ... The impact was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people. The region is administered from Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the ...

BEIJING — More than 400 people trapped by ... An initial survey showed 3,609 homes had been destroyed in the Shigatse region, home to 800,000 people, state media reported late on Tuesday.

Liu Huazhong, deputy mayor of Shigatse, broke into tears during a ... The quake struck Tingri county, home to 60,000 people, at 9:05 a.m. Beijing time, state broadcaster CCTV said.

Shigatse is home to the vast ... Security has been heightened for decades because of tensions between Beijing and Tibetans, many of whom have long struggled to maintain their religious freedom ...

BEIJING/KATHMANDU (Reuters ... The impact was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people. The region is administered from Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the Panchen ...