[Photo/Xinhua] In early January, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri county in the city of Shigatse, claiming 126 lives and leveling thousands of houses. Many surrounding counties, including ...

Following the earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale in the Shigatse region of Tibet on the morning of January 7 (EST), over 500 aftershocks occurred, writes the Associated Press.

Lightening Jr, a search and rescue dog from the Chongqing Blue Sky Rescue Team, has captured online attention thanks to its rescue efforts across several villages in Lhatse county, Shigatse of the ...

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) put the epicentre in Tingri county, about 240 miles from Tibet's capital Lhasa and about 14 miles from its second-largest city of Shigatse - also ...