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Twenty-eight people are killed and 53 others are rescued during an avalanche at a tunnel in Nyingchi, Tibet, China.
2023-01-20

A ~8 m asteroid falls over Nangqên, in western China on the Qinghai-Tibet border. This was the largest asteroid to hit Earth since the Kamchatka meteor in 2018, and the largest to fall over land since the Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013.
2020-12-23

The fifth Tibetan in a week sets himself on fire and dies in Tibet in a protest against Chinese rule.
2012-10-27

A Tibetan man sets himself on fire in Sichuan, in the latest in a series of protests against Chinese rule.
2012-08-7

China describes Tibetan monks that have self-immolated as "criminals" and accuses the Dalai Lama of supporting the acts.
2012-03-7

China denies claims by the United Nations that 300 Tibetan monks have forcibly disappeared over the past three months.
2011-06-9

China releases seven Tibetan monks detained after one monk set himself on fire in protest at Chinese rule.
2011-03-18

The death toll from the earthquake in China which occurred on Wednesday has risen to 1144, officials have announced. Another 417 people are reported to be unaccounted for.
2010-04-16

President Hu Jintao, attending a BRIC summit in Brasilia, announces postponement of his state visits to Peru and Venezuela.
2010-04-15

Chinese media say 589 people have died after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits China's Qinghai province. Reports suggest there were six quakes in total, and over ten thousand people were injured in the disaster.
2010-04-14