On July 1, the Chinese government celebrated with great fanfare the opening of the final stretch of its railway to Tibet. The section runs between the city of Golmud in Qinghai province and the ...

China’s Sichuan Tibet Railway is one of the most extreme rail projects ever attempted, spanning 1,629 km across the Tibetan Plateau with 72 tunnels and hundreds of bridges. This video breaks down the ...

China is set to begin construction on one of its most ambitious rail projects, linking Xinjiang province with Tibet and running "near" the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, Hong Kong-based ...

The Qinghai-Lhasa railway line, much vaunted by Beijing as a tool to develop the territory’s economy, will be used to strip the area of its vast mineral riches to the benefit of far-away industries.

Getting to Tibet can seem like a bit of a challenge due to its remotelocation and unique travel regulations. But don’t worry—whether youprefer to fly, take the scenic train route, or drive through ...

In the summer of 2006 the Chinese government fulfilled a fiftyyear plan to build a railway into Tibet As noted by Abrahm Lustgarten in his book Chinas Great Train Since Mao Tse Tung first envisioned ...

China announced on Saturday completion of the world's highest railway, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which stretches 1,956 kilometers from Xining to Lhasa cities in western China. The announcement was ...