The severe damage to dams in a seismically active region highlights the fault-lines in Beijing's approach of prioritising ...

A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in western China near Nepal on Tuesday morning, killing at least 32 people.

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025 ...

The Jan. 7 quake in Tibet, the fifth-deadliest in China since the 2008 Sichuan temblor, destroyed more than 3,600 houses and ...

The epicentre was around 80 km north of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers ...

The death toll stood at 126 as of Tuesday evening. The quake struck the city of Xigaze, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.

Days after China said that the 6.8-magnitude earthquake did not cause any damage to dams in Tibet, it has been forced to ...

A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, people stand amidst damaged houses in the aftermath of an earthquake in Tonglai Village, Changsuo Township of Dingri in Xigaze, southwestern China’s Tibet ...

Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have ...