Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai LamaAs Zhang Yadi toured remote villages in the Chinese province of Sichuan last year, she updated her friends...

Every two weeks, a language is lost – and by the end of the century, half of the world’s 7,000 tongues could have vanished. We meet the artist using eyeliner and chokeberries to rescue everything from Ogham to ArablishIn...

The outdoor brand Arc’teryx has issued an apology after a promotional fireworks display in the Tibetan plateau led to an outcry over potential environmental damage.

Since winning the Booker prize, the Indian author has spent two decades writing a follow-up. She talks about being longlisted again — and the immigration raids creating fear in her New York neighbourhoodNot long after the novelist Kiran Desai...

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When we rejoice in others’ success, the Dalai Llama once said, we multiply our chances by billions. These are good odds!Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday lifeI...

Visit to Delhi by Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, has seen both countries agree to resume trade ties and work towards resolving border disputeIndia’s prime minister and China’s foreign minister have hailed “steady” progress in their countries’ fractious relationship,...

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Photographer Christopher Herwig has travelled 10,000km in his quest to record this overlooked art form. He has documented the characteristics of each region – from Pakistan in the north to Sri Lanka in the south. Sadly, as a result...