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News · 29 Oct, 2025

Tibet’s Shapeshifting River Reveals Signs of Environmental Instability And Human Activity Behind It

A recent NASA Earth Observatory satellite photo, featured in Live Science (October 2025), has drawn global attention to a remarkable yet worrying phenomenon in Tibet. The Yarlung Z…

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News · 09 Jan, 2025

Devastating Earthquake in Tibet Leaves Cities in Ruins

The earthquake that struck Tibet’s Dingri County on January 7, 2025, has left behind a trail of unimaginable destruction. With a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale, this p…

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News · 05 Oct

China`s completion of Longest Tunnel in Occupied Tibet Raises Concerns

China recently celebrated the completion of the longest tunnel on the Lhasa-Shigatse Expressway project in occupied Tibet. The project, which is being undertaken in occupied Tibet,…

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News · 10 July

China`s Strategic Railway Project Advances with Completion of Haba Snow Mountain Tunnel, but Concerns Over Dual-Use Infrastructure Surface

The completion of the Haba Snow Mountain Tunnel, a crucial section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, was announced by Chinese officials. The tunnel, which spans a length of 9.5 kilomet…

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News · 02 Feb

China to use water as a weapon to put pressure on India: Reports

Source: Geneva Daily According to The Geneva Daily, China is building a massive dam on the Mabuja Zambo River, just a few kilometres north of the India-Nepal border, to use as a we…

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News · 20 Jan

Avalanche kills at least eight people on Tibet highway

Source: BBC On Tuesday night, January 17, an avalanche struck a tunnel exit near the south-eastern Tibetan city of Nyingchi, killing at least eight people. Nyingchi is a popular to…

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News · 30 Sep 2022

China building dual use infrastructure to assimilate Tibetan Culture and Identity

China has promoted infrastructure construction to boost economic development during the headwinds caused by COVID-19, officials from the Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday, re…

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News · 31 Aug 2022

China’s Tibet-Nepal Rail line project: Concerns

The construction of Tibet-Nepal Railway line is underway and reports suggest that just 121km (75 miles) of track remains to be built. The railway would cross the Himalayas from the…

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News · 29 July 2022

Haba railway tunnel in Deqen squeezed by tectonic crush: Reports

Deqen : According to a South China Morning Post report, some completed sections of the 9km (5.6-mile) Haba Snow Mountain Tunnel were "hit by a crushing force caused by the col…

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News · 9 June 2022

Environment Disinformation: China media claims Tibet “still among world's best regions in environment”

Lhasa : “ Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region remains one of the best environmental areas in the world, with local biodiversity and ecosystems remaining stable in 2…

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News · 09-May-22

China completes building a major tunnel for its Yunnan-Tibet Railway project, raises concern for Tibetans in Kham.

According to reports, the construction of a major tunnel for its Yunnan-Tibet Railway project after more than eight years’ effort. The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain tunnel is loc…

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