The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader has hinted his successor may be born outside China, setting the scene for intense controversy.

While the flight is seen as a step towards boosting connectivity and attracting Chinese tourists, concerns remain about the airport’s sustainability and overall viability.

Items seized in New York include pottery, jade, bronze and Tibetan Buddhist art, some dating back thousands of years.

More than 50 workers were submerged under snow and debris after the avalanche hit a construction camp in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

The avalanche struck a labour site where eight containers and one shed, with 57 workers inside, were buried under the snow.

Jiang Chaoling, who was dismissed as Hubei party boss at the start of Wuhan outbreak, also spent years in the financial sector.

Another State Department website change shows Trump ‘seems indifferent’ to the importance of the Taiwan issue to Beijing, academic says.

Gyalo Thondup, for long a mediator with Beijing, died aged 97 last week in his adopted Indian hometown.

From studying the downfall of Chinese imperial dynasties to securing cocoa beans in Africa, here’s a round-up from today’s China and economy coverage.

Study tracking climate patterns across thousands of years found that periods of lower rainfall coincided with some major political upheavals.

Gyalo Thondup began discussions between Tibetans and Chinese leaders in 1979, in a departure from his earlier approach of armed struggle.

Route begins operation on February 19 and offers flights twice a week from Hong Kong, with layover in Sichuan province.

US president orders 90-day review of foreign assistance programmes to determine if they should be maintained, modified or eliminated.

Efforts to improve electricity for troops stationed in remote and mountainous areas are part of China’s military-civilian fusion strategy.

After Sun Weidong and Vikram Misri meet in Beijing, Asian neighbours say they will negotiate to resume Indian pilgrimages to Tibet.

The Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project has raised concerns it will cause water shortages downstream in India, where it is a vital resource.

The probe by China’s top anti-corruption body has already led to the downfall of the region’s former Communist Party chief and other senior officials.

China is facing a rocky road to reflation after its actual CPI growth stayed far below annual control targets, and regional governments appear less hopeful that consumer demand will markedly rise this year.

Users told that American requests for images of sensitive areas should be ignored over national security concerns.

A shared economic adversary could drive the two Asian giants to strengthen their Brics ties, but the way forward is far from clear.

Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy the waters.

Latest publication by National Ethnic Affairs Commission hails Guangzhou for creating China’s first big data set to promote integration.

Top regional official says he hopes students from US and elsewhere will realise ‘slander’ about alleged forced labour is ‘completely a lie’.

Just as border tensions seemed to be easing, the Yarlung Tsangpo River project raises new questions between the two countries.

From actor Wang Xing’s rescue to a clock-drawing test for dementia, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

The PLA has upgraded infrastructure and improved logistics to achieve ‘combat oxygen’ for soldiers in the high-altitude outpost.

A day after deadly earthquake strikes southern Tibet, more than 465,000 people have been evacuated to temporary shelters, reports say.

Villages report several people trapped under rubble and extensive damage, authorities say, as State Council dispatches task force.

Tens of millions of tonnes of copper uncovered in resource-rich region as nation’s mineral-exploration breakthroughs mount.

Remote doctors have successfully operated on a series of patients using a Chinese satellite and surgical robot system.