BEIJING (Reuters) - Temperatures in Tibet rose last year to the highest level since records began for the remote Himalayan region, which scientists say is particularly vulnerable to global warming, state media reported on Friday. The average temperature in Tibet in 2009 was 5.9 degrees Celsius (42.6 degrees Fahrenheit), 1.5 degrees higher than "normal," the official China Daily ...

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China warned U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that a meeting between him and the Dalai Lama would further erode ties between the two powers, already troubled by Washington's arms sales to Taiwan. The White House confirmed on Tuesday that Obama would meet the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader reviled by Beijing as a separatist for ...

Any meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama would harm bilateral relations, China warned Tuesday while repeating Beijing's refusal to discuss Tibet's status with the spiritual leader's envoys. An Obama meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader would "seriously undermine the political foundation ...

Two envoys of the Dalai Lama have returned to India after meeting officials in Beijing for the first talks on restive Chinese-ruled Tibet in 15 months, a spokesman for the exiled spiritual leader said Monday. No details were available immediately about the weekend discussions between ...