The remote Shigatse is far from China’s main cities. This, combined with the extreme cold, has hindered rescue efforts, according to Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu, reporting from Beijing.

BEIJING/KATHMANDU- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake ... The quake's impact was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people. The region is administered by Shigatse city, the ...

When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...

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

Beijing — A strong earthquake killed at least ... and about 14 miles from the region's second-largest city of Shigatse, known as Xigaze in Chinese. About 140 miles away in Nepal's capital ...

188 injured on Tibetan side Survivors trapped under rubble at risk of hypothermia Quake destroyed more than 3,000 homes in Tibet's Shigatse region BEIJING, Jan 8 (Reuters) - More than 400 people ...

BEIJING/KATHMANDU (Reuters ... The impact was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people. The region is administered from Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the Panchen ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -More than 400 people trapped by a strong ... An initial survey showed 3,609 homes had been destroyed in the Shigatse region of Tibet, which is home to 800,000 people, Chinese state ...

Shigatse is home to the vast ... Security has been heightened for decades because of tensions between Beijing and Tibetans, many of whom have long struggled to maintain their religious freedom ...

Liu Huazhong, deputy mayor of Shigatse, broke into tears during a ... The quake struck Tingri county, home to 60,000 people, at 9:05 a.m. Beijing time, state broadcaster CCTV said.

Many homes in Shigatse city were reduced to rubble ... carried out to minimise casualties and to resettle affected people. Beijing, which administers Tibet as an autonomous region within China ...