The preprint is up for our work with Sichuan University led by Xiaoxiao Chen on the host-associated divergence in the seed-feeding wasp Megastigmus daduheensis and its conifer host Cupressus chengiana across three river valleys on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. 🧪
October 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM
The preprint is up for our work with Sichuan University led by Xiaoxiao Chen on the host-associated divergence in the seed-feeding wasp Megastigmus daduheensis and its conifer host Cupressus chengiana across three river valleys on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. 🧪
there's a state-run long-haul public bus that runs from Nyingchi, Tibet to Chengdu, Sichuan, a 1,600km journey at just $70 USD (500 Chinese yuan)
there's no wifi, toilet, USB ports, but there is supplementary oxygen because it ascends 8,000 feet
youtu.be/23_mZXz8Onc
there's no wifi, toilet, USB ports, but there is supplementary oxygen because it ascends 8,000 feet
youtu.be/23_mZXz8Onc
The Most Extreme Bus Journey in China - Tibet to Sichuan on National Road 318
YouTube video by Out of Bounds 界外
youtu.be
August 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
there's a state-run long-haul public bus that runs from Nyingchi, Tibet to Chengdu, Sichuan, a 1,600km journey at just $70 USD (500 Chinese yuan)
there's no wifi, toilet, USB ports, but there is supplementary oxygen because it ascends 8,000 feet
youtu.be/23_mZXz8Onc
there's no wifi, toilet, USB ports, but there is supplementary oxygen because it ascends 8,000 feet
youtu.be/23_mZXz8Onc
Morning tea: a 2019 Ya’an Cha, a fermented dark tea from Sichuan, originally produced for the tea-horse road into Tibet. Dried fruits, apricot jam, dates, plums, with a pleasant sweet & sour finish. Gives an alert energy.
“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.”
-William Blake
“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.”
-William Blake
September 20, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Morning tea: a 2019 Ya’an Cha, a fermented dark tea from Sichuan, originally produced for the tea-horse road into Tibet. Dried fruits, apricot jam, dates, plums, with a pleasant sweet & sour finish. Gives an alert energy.
“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.”
-William Blake
“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.”
-William Blake
nuovo ponte nel sud-ovest della Cina crolla sul fianco della montagna
Nessuna vittima segnalata
dopo che una sezione di una struttura di 758 metri che aiuta a collegare la provincia del Sichuan al Tibet cade a pezzi
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Nessuna vittima segnalata
dopo che una sezione di una struttura di 758 metri che aiuta a collegare la provincia del Sichuan al Tibet cade a pezzi
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
New bridge in south-west China collapses into mountainside
No casualties reported after section of 758-metre structure helping to link Sichuan province to Tibet falls to pieces
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
nuovo ponte nel sud-ovest della Cina crolla sul fianco della montagna
Nessuna vittima segnalata
dopo che una sezione di una struttura di 758 metri che aiuta a collegare la provincia del Sichuan al Tibet cade a pezzi
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Nessuna vittima segnalata
dopo che una sezione di una struttura di 758 metri che aiuta a collegare la provincia del Sichuan al Tibet cade a pezzi
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Shirab Darjee (谢拉达机), the Tibetan content creator and "yak cowboy" from Sichuan province explains why he will never leave China. Yak herder on the plains in China: also has access to high speed internet, free education and healthcare, world-class infrastructure, etc. Tibet is free and thriving!
July 23, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Shirab Darjee (谢拉达机), the Tibetan content creator and "yak cowboy" from Sichuan province explains why he will never leave China. Yak herder on the plains in China: also has access to high speed internet, free education and healthcare, world-class infrastructure, etc. Tibet is free and thriving!
Part of a recently opened bridge in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, located along a national highway linking the country's heartland with Tibet, collapsed on Tuesday, but there were no reports of casualties. Another one of those infamous tofu projects that embody China's crappiness.
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Part of a recently opened bridge in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, located along a national highway linking the country's heartland with Tibet, collapsed on Tuesday, but there were no reports of casualties. Another one of those infamous tofu projects that embody China's crappiness.
Juebashan Road Section, em Sichuan-Tibet Line.
November 2, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Juebashan Road Section, em Sichuan-Tibet Line.
Translation:
Title: "We're Working: The Chinese Institute of Geology, Sichuan office, Tibet office United Investigation Team Finds the Dingri Earthquake's Coseismic Vertical Displacement Measures Up to 3 Meters"
Posted by: "China Earthquake Administration"
Title: "We're Working: The Chinese Institute of Geology, Sichuan office, Tibet office United Investigation Team Finds the Dingri Earthquake's Coseismic Vertical Displacement Measures Up to 3 Meters"
Posted by: "China Earthquake Administration"
Surface ruptures were already identified from the Mw 7.1 Xizang Southern Tibetan earthquake. Scarps up to 3 m. See link in Chinese but with photos mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qtB9yU9E6T...
January 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Translation:
Title: "We're Working: The Chinese Institute of Geology, Sichuan office, Tibet office United Investigation Team Finds the Dingri Earthquake's Coseismic Vertical Displacement Measures Up to 3 Meters"
Posted by: "China Earthquake Administration"
Title: "We're Working: The Chinese Institute of Geology, Sichuan office, Tibet office United Investigation Team Finds the Dingri Earthquake's Coseismic Vertical Displacement Measures Up to 3 Meters"
Posted by: "China Earthquake Administration"
🚨 Chinese court sentenced #PaldenYeshe, monk of Kardze Monastery, to 6 years in January — just now coming to light. No formal charge disclosed. Sichuan police detained him in 2021, reportedly for teaching #Tibetan to children.
Via www.thetibetpost.com/news/tibet/c...
Via www.thetibetpost.com/news/tibet/c...
March 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
🚨 Chinese court sentenced #PaldenYeshe, monk of Kardze Monastery, to 6 years in January — just now coming to light. No formal charge disclosed. Sichuan police detained him in 2021, reportedly for teaching #Tibetan to children.
Via www.thetibetpost.com/news/tibet/c...
Via www.thetibetpost.com/news/tibet/c...
CHINESISCHE SPITZENTECHNOLOGIE.
Zusammenbruch von Teilen der Anfang 25 fertig gestellten Hongqi-Brücke, die die chinesische Provinz Sichuan mit der autonomen Region Tibet verbindet.
Am Montag wurden Schäden an der Brücke festgestellt. Die Brücke wurde gesperrt. Der Einsturz kam nicht überraschend.
Zusammenbruch von Teilen der Anfang 25 fertig gestellten Hongqi-Brücke, die die chinesische Provinz Sichuan mit der autonomen Region Tibet verbindet.
Am Montag wurden Schäden an der Brücke festgestellt. Die Brücke wurde gesperrt. Der Einsturz kam nicht überraschend.
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
CHINESISCHE SPITZENTECHNOLOGIE.
Zusammenbruch von Teilen der Anfang 25 fertig gestellten Hongqi-Brücke, die die chinesische Provinz Sichuan mit der autonomen Region Tibet verbindet.
Am Montag wurden Schäden an der Brücke festgestellt. Die Brücke wurde gesperrt. Der Einsturz kam nicht überraschend.
Zusammenbruch von Teilen der Anfang 25 fertig gestellten Hongqi-Brücke, die die chinesische Provinz Sichuan mit der autonomen Region Tibet verbindet.
Am Montag wurden Schäden an der Brücke festgestellt. Die Brücke wurde gesperrt. Der Einsturz kam nicht überraschend.
Grandala (Grandala coelicolor)
Family Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies)
Range: alpine meadows of Kashmir to southeastern Tibet, Myanmar, and western China
IUCN status: Least Concern
Family Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies)
Range: alpine meadows of Kashmir to southeastern Tibet, Myanmar, and western China
IUCN status: Least Concern
ML41283341 - Grandala - Macaulay Library
© Luke Seitz; Sichuan, China; 01 Jun 2016
macaulaylibrary.org
February 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Grandala (Grandala coelicolor)
Family Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies)
Range: alpine meadows of Kashmir to southeastern Tibet, Myanmar, and western China
IUCN status: Least Concern
Family Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies)
Range: alpine meadows of Kashmir to southeastern Tibet, Myanmar, and western China
IUCN status: Least Concern
Morning tea: a 2019 Za’an Hei Cha (fermented dark tea) from Sichuan, mainly for export to Tibet. Taste/aroma: Chocolate cherries, dried strawberries, wet rocks, yeasty buns & molasses. Gives an alert & rushy energy.
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Morning tea: a 2019 Za’an Hei Cha (fermented dark tea) from Sichuan, mainly for export to Tibet. Taste/aroma: Chocolate cherries, dried strawberries, wet rocks, yeasty buns & molasses. Gives an alert & rushy energy.
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV
“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
-Dalai Lama XIV
New bridge in south-west China collapses into mountainside
New bridge in south-west China collapses into mountainside
No casualties reported after section of 758-metre structure helping to link Sichuan province to Tibet falls to pieces
A newly opened bridge in south-west China collapsed on Tuesday, sending slabs of concrete and plumes of dust into the mountainside and water below. No casualties were reported.
Videos of the collapse of part of Hongqi Bridge, in the mountainous Sichuan province, were shared widely on Chinese social media. Authorities had closed the 758-metre-long bridge on Monday after cracks appeared on nearby roads. A landslide on Tuesday caused part of the bridge to collapse completely. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New bridge in south-west China collapses into mountainside
Sichuan-Tibet railway (STR) project
"Seeing through the eastern Tibetan Plateau: An interdisciplinary plan for bridging Earth System Science and engineering construction
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Seeing through the eastern Tibetan Plateau: An interdisciplinary plan for bridging Earth System Science and engineering construction
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Sichuan-Tibet railway (STR) project
"Seeing through the eastern Tibetan Plateau: An interdisciplinary plan for bridging Earth System Science and engineering construction
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Seeing through the eastern Tibetan Plateau: An interdisciplinary plan for bridging Earth System Science and engineering construction
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I guess that's the Sichuan Mountains in the distance - and beyond Tibet 😀
February 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I guess that's the Sichuan Mountains in the distance - and beyond Tibet 😀
📷🧵 4. Monks pray on a misty mountain top overlooking the incredibly dense city of Yarchen Gar, a #Buddhist monastic complex in W. Sichuan #Tibet. It's one of the largest concentrations of nuns & monks in the world! #EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Travel #Landscape #Photography #Himalayas #Mountains
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
📷🧵 4. Monks pray on a misty mountain top overlooking the incredibly dense city of Yarchen Gar, a #Buddhist monastic complex in W. Sichuan #Tibet. It's one of the largest concentrations of nuns & monks in the world! #EastCoastKin #Nature #scape #Travel #Landscape #Photography #Himalayas #Mountains
Bridge partially collapses in southwest China, months after opening reut.rs/49IdURS
Bridge partially collapses in southwest China, months after opening
Part of a recently opened bridge collapsed in China's southwestern province of Sichuan along a national highway linking the country's heartland with Tibet on Tuesday, local authorities said, but there were no reports of casualties.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Bridge partially collapses in southwest China, months after opening reut.rs/49IdURS
+’s Chinese region
- Sichuan, yunnan and uigher food are world class
Cons
- Tibet food is total ass
- Sichuan, yunnan and uigher food are world class
Cons
- Tibet food is total ass
September 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
+’s Chinese region
- Sichuan, yunnan and uigher food are world class
Cons
- Tibet food is total ass
- Sichuan, yunnan and uigher food are world class
Cons
- Tibet food is total ass
A shepard-warrior from the Qinghai-Tibet highlands. In 1930-1932 during the second Sino-Tibet war where the former Dalai Lama tried to gain control of Sichuan-Qinghai provinces, these men fought the war and got defeated by the Sichuan army.
March 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A shepard-warrior from the Qinghai-Tibet highlands. In 1930-1932 during the second Sino-Tibet war where the former Dalai Lama tried to gain control of Sichuan-Qinghai provinces, these men fought the war and got defeated by the Sichuan army.
New photos of the surface rupture have become available, showing up to 3 m of vertical displacement!
Mapping by a joint investigation team from the Institute of Geology, Sichuan Bureau and Tibet Bureau.
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qtB9yU9E6T...
Mapping by a joint investigation team from the Institute of Geology, Sichuan Bureau and Tibet Bureau.
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qtB9yU9E6T...
January 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
New photos of the surface rupture have become available, showing up to 3 m of vertical displacement!
Mapping by a joint investigation team from the Institute of Geology, Sichuan Bureau and Tibet Bureau.
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qtB9yU9E6T...
Mapping by a joint investigation team from the Institute of Geology, Sichuan Bureau and Tibet Bureau.
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qtB9yU9E6T...
Minya Konka
Arnold Heim
Aug. 1930
Also called Gongga Shan (7,556 m, Sichuan), this is the most isolated 7,000ers! 🏔️
Heim's/Imhof ETHZ researchers were the first to measure accurately the mountain at ~7600 m 🗺️
Here is a view from 5,000 m toward the formidable west face with the Xiaogongba Glacier ❄️
Arnold Heim
Aug. 1930
Also called Gongga Shan (7,556 m, Sichuan), this is the most isolated 7,000ers! 🏔️
Heim's/Imhof ETHZ researchers were the first to measure accurately the mountain at ~7600 m 🗺️
Here is a view from 5,000 m toward the formidable west face with the Xiaogongba Glacier ❄️
January 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Minya Konka
Arnold Heim
Aug. 1930
Also called Gongga Shan (7,556 m, Sichuan), this is the most isolated 7,000ers! 🏔️
Heim's/Imhof ETHZ researchers were the first to measure accurately the mountain at ~7600 m 🗺️
Here is a view from 5,000 m toward the formidable west face with the Xiaogongba Glacier ❄️
Arnold Heim
Aug. 1930
Also called Gongga Shan (7,556 m, Sichuan), this is the most isolated 7,000ers! 🏔️
Heim's/Imhof ETHZ researchers were the first to measure accurately the mountain at ~7600 m 🗺️
Here is a view from 5,000 m toward the formidable west face with the Xiaogongba Glacier ❄️
Morning tea: a 2021 Ya’an Zang Cha (a hei cha, aka fermented dark tea.) From Sichuan, originally produced for Tibet. Dried fruit, apricot jam, dates, plums. Gives an alert energy. 😋
The teaware is a Tibetan design.
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
-Maya Angelou
The teaware is a Tibetan design.
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
-Maya Angelou
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Morning tea: a 2021 Ya’an Zang Cha (a hei cha, aka fermented dark tea.) From Sichuan, originally produced for Tibet. Dried fruit, apricot jam, dates, plums. Gives an alert energy. 😋
The teaware is a Tibetan design.
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
-Maya Angelou
The teaware is a Tibetan design.
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
-Maya Angelou
Fluffy Friday with a Chinese mountain cat~they are also known as Chinese desert cats or Chinese steppe cats. They live only in the mountains and have been spotted in the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet, mainly confined to high elevation grasslands.💛
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Fluffy Friday with a Chinese mountain cat~they are also known as Chinese desert cats or Chinese steppe cats. They live only in the mountains and have been spotted in the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet, mainly confined to high elevation grasslands.💛
Present‐Day Crustal Deformation and Seismic Hazard of the Sichuan‐Tibet Transportation Corridor Constrained by InSAR and GPS #BSSA ⚒️
Scientists explore deformation fields of active faults across the Sichuan‐Tibet Transportation Corridor.
buff.ly/2wAIUT7
Scientists explore deformation fields of active faults across the Sichuan‐Tibet Transportation Corridor.
buff.ly/2wAIUT7
June 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Present‐Day Crustal Deformation and Seismic Hazard of the Sichuan‐Tibet Transportation Corridor Constrained by InSAR and GPS #BSSA ⚒️
Scientists explore deformation fields of active faults across the Sichuan‐Tibet Transportation Corridor.
buff.ly/2wAIUT7
Scientists explore deformation fields of active faults across the Sichuan‐Tibet Transportation Corridor.
buff.ly/2wAIUT7