… a node for the Tibetan cause. The town sits 120 km from … of a flourishing Indo-Tibetan trade with Tibet and China. Manufactured … Ma Zhucai grew up near Gyalthang, where ethnic groups mingled while … in his old hometown of Gyalthang, now rechristened as Shangri- …

… month, a massive earthquake struck Tibet and severely damaged numerous monasteries … absorbed at home and in village schools. […E]xtensive interviews and … displace Tibetan autonomy, both metaphorically and literally: [The commodification of Gyalthang into …

… had been known by the Tibetan name Gyalthang, was renamed Shangri-La … from a bland, neglected provincial town into a tourist paradise. An … , Daocheng was an isolated nomad village without any paved roads. But …

… 23 that former top Tibetan official of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR … previously served in the Tibetan area of Yunnan province … 66-year-old Tibetan was born in Zhongdian (Tibetan: Gyalthang) County, … of the Dêqên (Dechen) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. In 2010, …

… Yan Jinhai, an ethnic Tibetan with Chinese name from Qinghai … as the Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government … the Sinicized name for Tibet. The appointment was stated … succeeding Che Dalha, a Tibetan from Gyalthang (Chinese: Zhongdian, now …

… to 10 at the Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) in … independent films includes four Tibetan titles: Hiraeth by Kunga … -ever Tibetan anthology feature directed by Tsering Tashi Gyalthang, Sonam … a longstanding connection with Tibetan cinema, commented on this …

… launched against several senior Tibetan officials from Dechen. … Tibet by China, it is currently divided into three administrative counties: Gyalthang … renamed Dechen in 1957, Gyalthang was part of the … In 2001, authorities renamed Gyalthang as Shangri-La City …

… touching” blessings to local Tibetans paraded before him, and … reverence in accordance with Tibetan Buddhism’s highest traditions. … was preceded by tours of Gyalthang (Shangri-La, Chinese: … counties in Chamdo City, Tibet Autonomous Region. Gyaltsen Norbu …

… of its strategically grand Tibet-Yunnan Railway, connecting two … effort. While Shangri-la (Tibetan: Gyalthang) is part of the … ethnic area with strong Tibetan connections, especially in language … in the Diqing (Dechen) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, to the …

… festival, a conversation titled “Tibetan Cinema: A Unique Storytelling … distinguished Tibetan filmmakers and screenwriters; Tenzin Tsetan Choklay, Tsering Tashi Gyalthang, … Kunsang Kyirong, and Jamyang Phuntsok.  The Tibet Film Festival …