An extraordinary 1,330-mile-long highway takes drivers through majestic landscapes and natural beauty but is regarded as one of the most dangerous roads in the world. The Sichuan-Tibet Highway ...

Recently, on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway in Tibet, loose rocks on the road were blocking traffic. Two men got out of their ...

A “no photograph upon landing” announcement punctured the serene silence of the cabin as I gazed at the snow-capped peaks outside our airplane window, a stark reminder that we were entering a land of ...

Yet, for Tibet, there is no alternative ... alongside another picture featuring him and his four predecessors, dotted the highway and adorned almost every public building, an omnipresent emphasis ...

Today the northern route, Highway 317, is blacktop. Near Lhasa it parallels the Qinghai-Tibet railway, highest in the world. The southern route, Highway 318, is also oiled. These highways are ...