After he had spent two months conducting research on linguistic change, the academy offered him a jeep to go anywhere in Tibet he wanted. Goldstein immediately asked to travel across the Changtang. He ...

Beyond these individuals I was also surprised to find signs of the modern world spreading across Tibet: robed monks wearing sunglasses and riding motorcycles; nomads’ tents powered by solar ...

Tibetan royalty and nomads alike took to tea for good reasons. It was a hot beverage in a cold climate where the only other options were snowmelt, yak or goat milk, barley milk, or chang (barley ...

The report says China is using 'training centers' for forced labor and transferring 'surplus' rural workers across the country ...

and resistance to the relocation and resettlement of Tibetan nomads. In 2008 thousands of Tibetans rose up in a public demonstration of resistance against China’s occupation of Tibet.

As for the signature drink of Tibet, that's butter tea. Butter tea is made with yak butter, barley powder and milk curds. The tea acts as fuel for nomads braving the cooler temps in the more ...