The Fastest Raising Mountains
	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 experiences its highest rising rhythm: 12 cm (4.8 in) per year, much faster than in Himalaya, Andes, Rocky o ... [read more >>]
	11 April 2008, 08:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pro-Tibetan Websites Delivering Malware Due to Hack Attack
	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. Moreover, they placed links to malicious pages which, once visited, they attempted to drop dangerous applications t ... [read more >>]
	10 April 2008, 17:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pro-Tibetan Aimed Cyberattacks
	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 messages are all designed in such a way that anti-virus tools will not detect them as being malicious. The emails all have ... [read more >>]
	24 March 2008, 17:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Kicks Tibet News off Search
	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 one area where compromise should never be an option, and that is the freedom of speech. China has yet to learn that lesson, and ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 04:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

No More Swearing Online, Says University
	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 ... [read more >>]
	19 March 2008, 11:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

China Blocks Google and YouTube Again!
	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 government was set on lowering its standards, at least for the period of time prior to the Olympic Games, was given when, in ... [read more >>]
	19 March 2008, 05:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

You Did not Know These About Yaks
	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 the horse. Without them, those climbing the Everest would have to leave part of their equipment to the base. Mor ... [read more >>]
	28 February 2008, 08:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Can the Tibetans Live at Such High Altitudes?
	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 oxygen into their lungs and blood during the ascend caused them nausea and dizziness, which often proved to be fatal in such condi ... [read more >>]
	30 October 2007, 03:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Did Tibet Change After 56 Years of Chinese Influence?
	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 against the matter. In October 1950, the Chinese army crossed Yangtze river, advanced over the settlement of Chamdo and cut th ... [read more >>]
	29 September 2007, 05:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Tibet's Glaciers Are Going Away
	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 coldest points, like around the Nojin Kangtsang glacier between the regional capital of Lhasa and Mount Everest, which reac ... [read more >>]
	05 March 2007, 06:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia