Soar over Labrang Monastery, China, the "Soul of Amdo," where the golden roofs of one of the six great Gelugpa monasteries gleam against the rugged, pine-clad mountains of Gansu Province. The drone ...

The Grand Sutra Hall at Labrang Monastery, in China’s Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. With half-frozen fingers, I googled “Do vultures attack humans?” on my phone. I was alone on a grassy ...

Seven Buddha halls have been restored in Labrang Monastery, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the northwestern province of Gansu. Founded in 1709, by 2012, when the restoration project began, ...

BEIJINGBEIJING — An expected visit by a Chinese-appointed Tibetan Buddhist leader to a prominent monastery has raised new fears of repression among monks loyal to another person named by the Dalai ...

XIAHE, China — Buddhist monks in flowing burgundy robes hurried along the dirt paths of the Labrang Monastery, trying their best to ignore the scrum of Chinese tourists following their every move, ...

Located in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu province, Labrang Monastery is the political and religious centre of this area and one of the six great monasteries of the Gelug (Yellow ...

BEIJINGBEIJING — A Tibetan farmer has died after setting himself on fire in remote northwest China, in the second self-immolation death near the Labrang Monastery in two days and the latest of dozens ...

The Tibetan Labrang Monastery in Gansu, northwestern China, is normally a place of tranquility. Now, it is also known for tragedy. Early this morning, a Tibetan farmer known as Dhondup headed to ...