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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

Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully teleport a photon from a ground station in Tibet to a satellite orbiting Earth at distance of 500km away. It is the first time an object has been teleported from the planet into space.
2017-07-11

A Tibetan protester self-immolates during a protest in the Indian capital New Delhi, ahead of a visit by the Chinese president Hu Jintao.
2012-03-26

China detains a Tibetan writer in Sichuan amid recent anti-government protests in the region.
2012-02-19

Rescue efforts continue for the victims of the 2011 Sikkim earthquake, which has claimed at least 67 lives in India, Nepal and Tibet.
2011-09-19

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

Police in China raid a Tibetan monastery in Sichuan, killing two people according to a rights group.
2011-04-23

At least 1,000 Tibetan students protest in China against a new language policy which they say erodes their culture.
2010-10-20

Aftershocks of the Yushu earthquake continue. Quake death toll rises to 1,944.
2010-04-19

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