Shigatse
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Chinese police detained and beaten Tibetan tour guide.
Chinese police detained a Tibetan tour guide working in western Tibet’s Shigatse municipality this month, according to RFA, as authorities step up attempts to prevent interactions between locals and foreign visitors to the tightly controlled Himalayan area. Pasang Norbu, a resident of Shigatse’s Gampa (in Chinese, Gangba) county in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), was…
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5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Shigatse City in Tibet
Former capital of Tibet, the Shigatse city on early Monday morning was rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. While the natural hazard struck the Tibetan city around three thirty in the morning, there are no casualties reported according to the authorities. After the powerful jolts from the 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the Xaitongmoin County in…