Foreign journalists attacked in China

Chinese security forces assaulted foreign journalists attempting to visit a dissident under house arrest, the Foreign Correspondents Club of China said Wednesday

China to finish Lhasa-Shigatse rail extension by 2015

China will complete by 2015 a $2 billion rail extension from Tibetan capital Lhasa to a monastery town that is the seat of the Panchen Lama, the second-most senior figure in Tibetan Buddhism, state media said on Wednesday