Tibetans were once content to identify themselves by region and sect. Post-1959, the Chinese presence has stimulated a pan-Tibetan identity.
Tibetans have multiple identities. This is true M. of them
NOTES FROM AN AUGUST 1991 CONFERENCE IN QINGHAI PROVINCE
In August 1991, China´s western provinces — rich in natural resources and home to many of China´s "national minorities&
A number of foreign agencies and voluntary agencies have been participating in the "development" of Tibet since about 1987. In the last couple of years, however, the pace
Once thriving, the Plateau's rangelands are beginning to be threatened by increasing human and livestock numbers.
The Tibetan Plateau is the most extensive high elevation region on earth,
Tibet is often thought of as a high and barren desert, but its eastern regions have lush forests that host many plants and animals. Unfortunately, indiscriminate logging is putting these
Neither tree nor tall shrub grows on the bleak uplands of Tibet. As far as the eye can see are barren plains and rumpled hills covered with herbage so scant
