BEIJING (AP) — Local authorities have shut down a popular hiking destination on Mount Everest in China's Tibet region because of heavy snowfall and icy conditions. Tourism officials said Zhufeng peak ...
China's "economic miracle", combined with its desire to develop peripheral regions, has meant that Qomolangma (the Tibetan name for Everest) is now easily accessible, with tarmacked roads all the way ...
Beijing — Rescuers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said. About 350 hikers had reached a meeting ...