Chinese scientists have succeeded in obtaining three ice cores from Mt. Qomolangma (Mt. Everest), with aims to study climate change, an expedition leader said Monday. During the expedition that lasted more than one month, scientists drilled the ice cores at a mountain pass near the East Rongbuk glacier, which covers the north collar of...
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Dalai Lama’s hometown faces urbanization
The 14th Dalai Lama’s birthplace, an obscure, out-of-the-way village in the mountains of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, is now facing the dilemma of urbanization and an urge to maintain its traditions. The village of Hong’ai, formerly known as Taktser, is located in Ping’an County in Haidong Prefecture. According to a provincial government plan, the...
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Why Tibetan antelopes can survive in high altitudes
Washington: Researchers from Qinghai University, BGI, and other institutes have provided evidence that some genetic factors may be associated with the Tibetan antelope’s adaption to harsh highland environments. The data in this work will also provide implications for studying specific genetic mechanisms and the biology of other ruminant species. The Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii)...
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Belgian weaves unlikely Qinghai carpet tale
WHEN Jozef Pandelaere came to northwest China’s Qinghai Province a year ago, the 60-year-old carpet industry veteran was seeking nothing but a new life. Now, he has a bigger dream for Qinghai and himself. “I want to enhance the status of Chinese Tibetan sheep carpets around the world,” Pandelaere said.” It is my dream...
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PetroChina Qinghai Oilfield subsidiary to cut output
Interfax reported that PetroChina’s Qinghai Oilfield subsidiary plans to slash natural gas output this year by 500 million cubic metres from 2012, a source with the company said that Interfax. The subsidiary which operates the Sebei and Tainan fields in Qinghai province’s Qaidam basin aims to produce 6 billion cubic metres this year, down...
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Sichuan’s deja vu experience
It was my original plan to write about the reconstruction miracle on the fifth anniversary of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan. But another devastating quake scuttled my plans and made it hard to get into the mood to write about recovery in my home province yet again. In late March, I had done...
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Monk-doctors fill medical, spiritual needs
Ancient practice becoming less common with changes in science Ngawang Thayi, 39, a Buddhist monk who is a doctor specializing in Tibetan and Western medicine, answers patients’ questions in the clinic of Drepung Monastery, in Lhasa, the Tibet autonomous region. The ancient practice is becoming less common with changes in science. Photo by Wang...
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Award-winning Belgian helps improve Tibetan carpet craft
XINING, (Xinhua) — When Jozef Pandelaere came to northwest China’s Qinghai Province a year ago, the 60-year-old carpet industry veteran was seeking nothing but a new life. Now, he has a bigger dream for Qinghai and himself. “I want to enhance the status of Chinese Tibetan sheep carpets around the world,” Pandelaere said.” It...
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‘New energy’: Shining title for a traditional production paradigm
Will electrics go the way of the troubled PV industry? Since the IPO of Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings on the NASDAQ exchange in 2005, it has been a high-speed roller coaster ride for the domestic photovoltaic industry. That was the year Shi Zhengrong, the big boss at Suntech, became the richest...
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Qinghai race gets tougher
The highest cycling race in the world is set to be held at an even loftier level. The Tour of Qinghai Lake is the top (on several levels) road cycling event in Asia. It boasts a high-altitude route on part of western China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and will present riders with an even bigger challenge...
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