2.78 mn bottles of beer brewed in Tibet to enter US market

LHASA - A local barley beer brewer here expects to supply 2.78 million bottles to the US in the second half of next year, a company official said.

Earthquake strikes Bhutan, tremors felt in Lhasa

LHASA - An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Bhutan Monday afternoon and the tremors were felt in Lhasa, authorities said.

China tightens grip on Tibet’s biggest festival

LHASA - Nearly 18 months after the eruption of protests led by Tibetan monks in Lhasa that turned into widespread riots, China this month tightened its grip on the former Buddhist kingdom’s grandest religious festival to show who’s in control.

Tibet reports record high temperature in over 58 years

LHASA - The Tibetan Autonomous Region in southwest China Friday saw a record high temperature of 30.4 degrees Celsius since the meteorological department began recording data in 1951, officials said.

Solar eclipse blocked by clouds in Tibet

LHASA - Tibet’s Cona county was one of the first places in China to view the solar eclipse, which occurred at 8:01 a.m Wednesday, according to an observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Police in tracksuits, smiling Tibetans: Foreign reporters get tightly controlled tour of Lhasa

LHASA, China — The Chinese paramilitary police who usually patrol Tibet’s often tense capital went to work in black and yellow track suits last week instead of their green uniforms. The occasion: a government-arranged visit by a group of foreign journalists.

China sentences one to death for Tibet riots

LHASA - A Chinese court has sentenced one man to death with a two-year reprieve and two to long jail terms for starting fires that killed six people in riots in Lhasa in March 2008, the Tibet Daily reported Tuesday.

Two sentenced to death for Tibet riots

LHASA - A Chinese court sentenced two people to death after finding them guilty of starting fires during riots in Lhasa in March 2008, a court spokesman said Wednesday.

76 convicted over Lhasa violence

LHASA - Courts have handed out sentences to 76 people involved in last year’s riots in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, an official said.