‘Time is fast running out for Tibetan people’

Lord Steel is just back from leading the first all-party delegation to Tibet since last year’s demonstrations. Here he reflects on the visit. As a parliamentarian, I have enjoyed 40 years of association with the largest Tibetan

China announces huge hydrate gas discovery in Tibet

China said it had found gas hydrates on the Tibetan Plateau worth 35 billion tons of oil in energy. Before that gas hydrates had been discovered on land only in Canada and the United States. China will be able to harvest and use

India seen as enemy no.1 in China because of Tibet factor

India is spoken of as China’s top enemy, a British newspaper has said in a report on the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic. “Curiously, the enemy most often spoken of is India. The censors permit alarmingly frank discussion