China stocks climbed to an eight-month high on Tuesday, while Hong Kong shares extended gains to a multi-year peak, driven by construction and power firms after work began on a major dam project in Tibet,

The dust has begun to settle in Dharamsala, where the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet celebrated his 90th birthday in the presence of a host of dignitaries.

Chinese authorities have removed a former leader of Tibet from office over alleged crimes including taking bribes and engaging in "superstitious activities", the country's top anti-corruption bodies said Tuesday.

China has officially launched construction of what experts call the world’s largest hydropower project, a colossal dam on the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) in southeastern Tibet.

China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who the real successor is.

Amid rising tensions, the Dalai Lama affirms only Tibetans can decide his reincarnation-rejecting China’s interference. Former diplomat Rajesh Raina breaks down the spiritual, historical, and political dimensions of this high-stakes succession battle.

Wu Yingjie, a former Communist Party chief of China's Tibet region who was sanctioned by the United States and Canada over alleged human rights violations, was given a suspended death sentence, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

American institutions collaborated on project that takes Chinese search for primordial gravitational waves ‘onto the international stage’.