Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Scores Dead as Tremor Strikes Tibet

At least 95 people have been confirmed dead and 130 are injured after a major earthquake struck the mountainous Tibet region on Tuesday morning, Chinese state media say.

Posted by REDIAL at 12:32 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink

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Tibet earthquake: nine dead as 6.8-magnitude quake strikes holy city of Shigatse - reports

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-- The Guardian (@theguardian.com) January 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM

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I only made it as far as Lhasa, although relatively speaking Shigatse isn't that far from the capital. But I would have had to get another permit to travel there. I always felt the Tibetan people had more in common with Indians than Chinese, ethnically speaking.

#1 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-01-07 04:00 PM

Did they all have Swastika tattoos, you prancing Nazi poof.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-01-07 05:49 PM

Yes, there are a lot of Swastikas in Tibet. And in case you're wondering, yes, they go both ways, so you might get lucky.

#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-01-07 06:15 PM

I always felt the Tibetan people had more in common with Indians than Chinese, ethnically speaking.
#1 | Posted by sentinel

It depends where you are in Tibet I suppose. Tibet is 90% Tibetian people with many small minorities. Tibet is also overwhelmingly Buddhist. That fits with neither of these countries. So ethnically speaking they are rather distinct. I honestly can't say who they have a closer ethnic tie to.

#4 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2025-01-08 03:53 PM

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