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China announces plans to build a railway linking the Tibetan capital Lhasa with Chengdu.
2016-03-5

2013 Gyama Mine landslide: A large landslide buries 83 gold miners in China's Tibetan Autonomous Region near Lhasa.
2013-03-29

For the first time a series of self-immolations have reached the Tibetan capital of Lhasa when two Tibetans set themselves on fire.
2012-05-28

A Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in southwest China, in the latest in a series of similar incidents where nearly 30 monks have now self-immolated.
2012-03-17

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledges greater freedoms in Tibet, hours after two protesters are killed demanding the end of Chinese rule in the region; seven officials are also sacked for "neglecting state duties".
2012-02-10

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping says the Chinese government will "smash" attempts for an independent Tibet in a speech outside the Potala Palace.
2011-07-19

A Tibetan parliament-in-exile delegation appeals to foreign embassies in New Delhi, India, for help to release three monks from the Kirti monastery in northeastern Tibet detained by Chinese authorities and to address additional human rights violations in Tibet by China.
2011-05-3

The 14th Dalai Lama announces plans to retire as the head of the Tibetan exile movement within days.
2011-03-10

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

The People's Republic of China reports an outbreak of the plague in Tibet, with 5 people infected and 1 fatality.
2010-09-26