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The General Administration of Sport of China announces that the summits of Mount Everest used by climbers in China will remain closed through the spring, citing COVID-19 concerns in both mainland China and neighboring Nepal.
2021-05-15

Nepal and China agree that the height of Earth's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is 8848.86 m.
2020-12-8

China begins demolishing buildings and evicting residents at Larung Gar in Tibet, one of the largest religious institutes in the world. Officials put forward overpopulation and security as the leading reasons for the planned action.
2016-07-22

A Tibetan monk is arrested by Chinese authorities, accused of inciting self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.
2012-12-9

A Tibetan teenager dies after self-immolating in Gansu, China, in the seventh such incident this week and 70th since 2009.
2012-11-11

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

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

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

Tibetans demonstrate near the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India, following recent self-immolations by Tibetan monks and nuns protesting the Chinese government's repressive policies in Tibet.
2011-11-16

Hundreds of people protest in western China after the self-immolation of a Tibetan monk in Aba, Sichuan.
2011-03-17