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Plateau rail line is generational affair for family
August 4, 2021
Over the past 11 years, Luo, 30, has been serving in an armed police squad in Northwest China's Qinghai province, responsible for ensuring the safe passage of trains at the 1,686-meter-long tunnel.
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Modern techniques brew new success for old tea farm in Tibet
August 4, 2021
Yigong tea plantation, the highest in the world with an altitude of around 2,200 meters, welcomes its picking season from late May to early July.
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Tibet airport expansion to open on Saturday
August 3, 2021
After three years of construction, Terminal 3 of the Lhasa Gonggar Airport in the Tibet autonomous region is expected to begin operating on Saturday, the Tibet Bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Tuesday.
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New study sheds light on plants' adaptability to high altitude
August 3, 2021
Chinese scientists have revealed the genetic basis of Prunus species adapting to high altitudes in the Tibetan plateau, shedding new light on the origin of Himalayan plants.
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Call for unity in Himalayan region as melting of glaciers accelerates
August 3, 2021
Researchers have called for more cooperation among countries in the Himalayan region after scientific findings proved that the melting of glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is accelerating.
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Homestays create a way to wealth for remote Tibet county
August 3, 2021
In the deep spruce forest of Bomi county, Nyingchi city in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, mist clocks the spiky mountains and glaciers most of the time during the year.
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Lower albedo drives glacier melting on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: study
August 2, 2021
Chinese researchers have found that albedo reduction was an important driver of glacier melting on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas.The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as "the water tower of Asia," houses abundant glaciers vital to the regional water cycle and water resources in downstream areas.
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Tibet village uplifted over 70 yrs after dark past
August 2, 2021
Dalong, a resident of Baji village in Nyingchi, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, never dreamed of the extraordinary changes in his life during the 70 years of development after Tibet's peaceful liberation.
