The ambitious project will cut through glaciers and mountains, bridging two regions long isolated by geography ...

NPR's Rob Gifford reports China is in the process of building a railroad through some of its harshest terrain, to reach the remote region of Tibet. The Chinese government says the project will bring ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's environment will not be damaged by the construction of a second railroad linking the remote area to the rest of China, the region's deputy Communist Party boss said on ...

The controversial railway into Tibet is going to be expanded to Tibet’s second largest city, Shigatse (Xigaze), Xinhua reports: The Lhasa-Xigaze railway, with a budget of 13.3 billion yuan (1.95 ...

The activist added that the western plains of Tibet, known as Changtang, are rich in gold, copper, zinc, and lithium, resources that China intends to exploit through this rail corridor ...

Construction is set to begin next month on a monumental railway linking Hotan in Xinjiang with Lhasa in Tibet – one of China’s most ambitious infrastructure projects to date. The 1,980km (1,230 miles) ...

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 ...

BEIJING, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A controversial railway to Lhasa is still losing money with passenger traffic nearly disappearing from April to June following violent demonstrations in the Tibetan capital ...

Tax break and exemption policies are being implemented in China for the Qinghai-Tibet railway and some other projects in rural areas to lower their operational costs, said sources with the State ...