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The Sino-Tibetan mountainous chain, also called the "the Alps of Sichuan", are located between Tibet and China. The highest peak is Gongga (7,556 m or 25,186 ft), China's highest peak outside Himalaya, located in the Hengduan Mountains. The Sino-Tibetan chain is the place on Earth where the terrestrial crust exp... |
11 April 2008
08:46 GMT |
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Hackers have always been concentrated on the websites promoting popular events and, if there was a vulnerability to be exploited, they showed no mercy. This is exactly the case with multiple pro-Tibetan websites as some hackers managed to discover an unpatched vulnerability and used it to gain access to the servers. ... |
10 April 2008
17:31 GMT |
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People supporting the Tibetan cause have more to worry about than Chinese censorship and retaliation, there's a new wave of attacks aimed at them and in many aspects it's far more dangerous. The human rights groups that are sympathetic to the anti-Chinese protesters are targeted by cybercriminals, and the m... |
24 March 2008
17:41 GMT |
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Compromise is all this life is about for most people. Meeting your better half mid-way in every crisis that might result in tension between you two is the way to resolve everything, and the same goes for any negotiations being held between two companies, when one doesn't have the upper hand. There's only on... |
21 March 2008
04:41 GMT |
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Like I reported earlier, censorship is so present in China before the Olympic Games, almost like it was running for gold. Now, it hits everywhere that has something, even remotely, to do with more people than, say, one. The forums are starting to feel the cold, chilly breath of censors down their threads, and even u... |
19 March 2008
11:08 GMT |
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Tired of reading about the Chinese government censoring the media and then going halfway for the compromise? Well, you're not going to enjoy knowing that it happened again, and in a period that was supposed to show the world that all is not as bad as dissidents make is sound like. The first pointer that the gove... |
19 March 2008
05:13 GMT |
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The yak is a long-haired type of cattle, bred from Himalaya (Nepal) to Tibet, Mongolia and surrounding regions. This is an animal perfectly adapted to high altitudes; it does not get altitude sickness, like other burden beasts. The yak is much better adapted for transporting loads across the Himalayan passages than t... |
28 February 2008
08:42 GMT |
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You would get sick and disabled in the low oxygen conditions that are to be found at a hight of 14,763 feet (4,500 meters), which is the average altitude of the Tibetan Plateau. Yet, the Tibetans ruled empires from the 'roof' of the world.Such heights have defeated many mountain climbers, as the shortage of... |
30 October 2007
03:52 GMT |
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The mysterious Tibet is experiencing a cultural shock between the Lamaist Buddhism, with its spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who fled in 1959, and the Chinese modernization, the emergent power which is changing Tibet as it had not made it since the People's Army put an end to the theocracy in 1951. The spirit again... |
29 September 2007
05:48 GMT |
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At the current global warming rate, 30% of the world's highest glaciers will be gone by 2050 and by 2090, 50% will be history. The melting of Tibet's massive glaciers will have a deep impact on south and southeastern Asia, but for the people inhabiting the region this remains a vague concept. Even at the co... |
5 March 2007
06:55 GMT |
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