Welcome to Shangri-La. A decade ago this was an obscure, one-horse village on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Today, after an extreme makeover, it's one of the hottest tourist towns in China ...

Little is known of its political history. Vanishing Shangri La: History Of Tibet And Dalai Lamas In 20th Century, by K.N. Raghavan, Customs Commissioner, Kochi, is a compelling and comprehensive ...

SHANGRI-LA TOWN, China--First-grade students, hands folded on their desks, watch a teacher write a brush-like stroke on a blackboard in their Tibetan alphabet. Outside, craggy mountains climb ...

Their ploy worked. The star of Shangri-la is the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery. Since its destruction in 1966, during Mao’s Cultural Revolution, this Tibetan Buddhist monastery has been rebuilt ...

Southwest China's Yunnan province is making full use of its railway networks to further explore its tourism resources as a ...

Older people in Yunnan can still remember the days when merchants with mules plied the Tea Horse Road: the last few caravans ...

From Lijiang, Xu traveled to Dali, now a hippie haven, and to a remote area near the Tibetan border later renamed Shangri-La. Jamie Simon Centuries later, at least the hedonism lives on ...

Tibet is situated at the very heart of Asia between the People's Repibilc of China (PRC) and India. Shangri–la, the Land of Snow, the roof of the world; due to its harsh climate and inaccessibility, ...

Critiques the construction of the myth of Shangri-la in the West the complex relationship and representation of Tibet and the Tibetans in the West. Formerly offered as a special topics course.

owner Kelsang found inspiration in Tibet, then incorporated essential oils and traditional rituals from both countries. Shangri-La’s most desirable attribute, apart from its gentle vibe and 8 p ...