China has been pursuing the embassy project since 2018, after acquiring the former Royal Mint site for about £250 million ($318 million). If completed, it would become Beijing’s largest embassy in Europe.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Wednesday for his secondever visit as China's leader to mark the 60th anniversary of Tibet's founding as an autonomous region.

The Xinjiang-Tibet Railway is one of four lines planned to connect Tibet with the rest of the country, with the other services linking the western region to Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, the report said.

The earthquake monitoring agency said the Tibet earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres.

The two countries have been trying to negotiate an end to an escalating tit-for-tat tariff war that has upended global trade and supply chains.

China's Premier Li Qiang announced construction had begun on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, located on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau and estimated to cost around $170 billion, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Ahead of celebrations this month for his 90th birthday that were attended by senior Indian ministers, the head of Tibetan Buddhists riled China again by saying it had no role in his succession.

Several countries, including the European Union, have stated that China enjoys quasi-monopoly on the export of raw materials critical for defence and automotive industries and have accused Beijing of weaponising critical mineral exports to gain leverage in international trade....

The government body's Director General Dinesh Bhatt said that further studies are ongoing in the floods that also washed away the Nepal-China Miteri or friendship bridge. Read on:

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday, July 6, drawing warm wishes from leaders around the world. As celebrations took place in Dharamshala, where the Tibetan spiritual leader resides, tributes highlighted his message of compassion, peace,...