Welcome to Shangri-La. A decade ago this was an obscure, one-horse village on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Today, after an extreme makeover, it's one of the hottest tourist towns in China ...

Little is known of its political history. Vanishing Shangri La: History Of Tibet And Dalai Lamas In 20th Century, by K.N. Raghavan, Customs Commissioner, Kochi, is a compelling and comprehensive ...

Critiques the construction of the myth of Shangri-la in the West the complex relationship and representation of Tibet and the Tibetans in the West. Formerly offered as a special topics course.

Chinese scientists have pieced together the dramatic geographical changes of the Luolong Basin in the eastern part of the ...

Their ploy worked. The star of Shangri-la is the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery. Since its destruction in 1966, during Mao’s Cultural Revolution, this Tibetan Buddhist monastery has been rebuilt ...

Chinese scientists have reconstructed the uplift history and environmental changes of the Luolong Basin in eastern Xizang autonomous region from 54 million to 43 million years ago, helping better ...

Only he could save Tibet. The situation is almost desperate, but a small expedition has set out from Shangri-La to find him. It is an improvised and apparently ill-assorted team consisting of ...