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China races to contain COVID outbreaks in tourism hubs Tibet, Hainan
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China raced on Tuesday to stamp out COVID-19 outbreaks in the tourist...
China closes Lhasa's famed Potala Palace amid minor COVID-19 outbreak in Tibet
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeople ride scooters past the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. (Aritz Parra /...
China reopens Mount Everest access to foreigners
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFor the first time since the pandemic, China is allowing foreign climbers to access Mount Everest via Tibet. Adrian Ballinger, who has summited Everest...
Parts of China's Hainan extend COVID lockdown, Lhasa in Tibet tightens curbs
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA few cities in China's tourism hub Hainan extended lockdowns on Friday, with some of the measures...
Tibetans in exile accuse China of destroying their identity in Tibet under its rule
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe president of the Tibetan government-in-exile on Sunday accused China of denying the most...
Xi Crackdown Foils Shanghai-Like Covid Unrest in Xinjiang, Tibet
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- To combat fresh outbreaks of Covid-19 in outlying areas like Xinjiang and Tibet,...
China denies accusations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom in Tibet
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA government official from China's Tibetan region on Friday rejected allegations of forced...
We Traveled to Bhutan Before Its Reopening — Here's What to Know Before You Go
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWith overhauled tourism policies (and new fees), Bhutan reopened today, Sept. 23. Here, our guide on...
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Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Reuters) - Cities in China's tourism hub Hainan extended lockdowns on Friday, with some measures...
Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump, but sustainable solutions are...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTrash collected in a 2019 cleanup that removed 24,000 pounds (10,000 kilograms) of garbage from...