THERE are certain regions of the earth which will always have a fascination for the geographer who has some knowledge of geology, or the geologist who is interested in geographical problems ...

Tibet is a historical and geographical region in Central Asia, and its largest part covers the Tibetan Plateau. The average altitude is 4000 meters above sea level and it is there that the highest ...

Expertise on the region includes strong faculty leadership in the departments of Anthropology, Geography, and Religious Studies and the Tibet Himalaya Initiative (THI), a multidisciplinary hub for ...

This story appears in the April 2002 issue of National Geographic magazine ... that even if there was no getting the Chinese out of Tibet, he'd finally figured out how to benefit from their ...

This story appears in the May 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... the main link between China and Tibet. But my search could be in vain. A few days earlier I met a man who used to ...