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Fifteen people are killed and six others are injured by a landslide caused by remnants of Typhoon Gaemi in Hengyang, Hunan, China.
2024-07-28

A landslide in Zhaotong, Yunnan, China, kills at least eight people and buries 47 others. Over 200 people are evacuated.
2024-01-22

Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured by a landslide at a construction site in Bijie, Guizhou, China.
2022-01-5

The world's highest elevation expressway, between Lhasa and Nagqu in Tibet, China, opens. The average elevation of the 295 km expressway is more than 4500 m above sea level.
2021-08-21

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

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

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

China releases the Tibetan writer, Kalsang Tsultrim, who was arrested in China earlier this year for what China termed a "political error". [http:--news.in.msn.com-national-article.aspx?cp-documentid=4471916 (MSN)]date=April 2020
2010-10-18