Bird flu found in western China as US combats cattle outbreakTwo counties in Qinghai province confirmed 275 cases of H5 influenza among dead Pallas's gull and other wild birds, China's Ministry of Agr...
18 May, 2024, 03.52 PM IST
Final bodies found after China's most serious earthquake in a decadeThe earthquake, whose epicentre straddled Qinghai and Gansu, was the most serious in China since a magnitude 6.5 temblor struck the southwe...
31 Dec, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
China earthquake death toll rises to 149, two still missing after a weekLocal authorities attributed the severity of the damage to the shallowness of the quake. The thrust-type rupture of the earthquake and the ...
25 Dec, 2023, 07.36 AM IST
Chinese scientists claim they saw the earthquake coming but had no idea where it would hit: ReportChinese scientists claim to have developed a groundbreaking technique to forecast earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.0 or more by monitoring...
20 Dec, 2023, 07.00 PM IST
Massive earthquake in China claims 118 lives: Here's what we know so farChina quake: 118 dead, -14°C hampers rescue. Gansu, Qinghai affected. Students evacuated, poverty challenges relief. Urgent appeals for aid...
19 Dec, 2023, 04.05 PM IST
Two separate earthquakes in China cause damage, three dead, dozens hurtThe Yunnan province seismological bureau gave the magnitude of the Friday night quake as 6.4 and said it struck 8 kilometers (5 miles) belo...
22 May, 2021, 11.50 AM IST
China launches 5G base station in Tibet-Qinghai regionThe service was opened last week in the city of Xining, Qinghai Province, according to the Qinghai subsidiary of the telecom firm China Mob...
27 Jan, 2019, 09.46 PM IST
China adds over 150 new words, terms to Tibetan languageAbout 8,100 emerging words and terms have been translated since the project began. Tibetan is one of the most ancient languages dating back...
16 Apr, 2017, 08.00 PM IST
China to spend $29 billion on roads in Tibetan-populated provinceAt an average altitude of 3,000 meters, the province has large areas of frozen soil and mountainous landscape that have restrained road con...
11 Apr, 2017, 04.51 PM IST
Tropical baboon thriving in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau15 Jul, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
5.2-magnitude earthquake jolts northwest China's Qinghai ProvinceThe epicentre was located at the Arik Township. The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers.
23 Nov, 2015, 12.38 PM IST
New civil airport to open on Qinghai-Tibet PlateauLocated in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, the airport is located at an altitude of 3,500 meters.
12 Sep, 2015, 03.28 PM IST
China starts construction of largest solar power plant in Gobi desertChina has started construction of its largest solar power plant spread over 6,301 acres that can supply electricity to 1 million households.
22 Jul, 2015, 04.29 PM IST
China mulls high altitude expressway in Qinghai-Tibet plateauChina has already built 1956 km long Qinghai-Tibetan railway connecting Xining with Lhasa, regarded as the longest and highest plateau in t...
07 Oct, 2014, 06.26 PM IST
- Toxic milk powder scandal hits China, again
Chinese authorities seized 64 tonnes of milk powder and products laced with the same deadly toxic additive that sparked an uproar in 2008, ...
10 Jul, 2010, 02.12 AM IST
- Prayers mark 73rd birthday of Dalai Lama
Prayers for long life marked the 73rd birthday celebrations of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Sunday.
06 Jul, 2008, 04.16 PM IST
- Railway helps lift Tibet's foreign trade
Tibet foreign trade went up by a whopping 75 per cent in the first 10 months since the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
28 Jun, 2007, 03.20 PM IST