South China Morning Post published this video item, entitled “Desolate army patrols along China’s Qinghai-Tibet Railway and Highway” – below is their description.
Soldiers from China’s Qinghai Armed Police Corps patrol have been mounting lonely patrols along a railway and highway on the Tibetian Plateau, the world’s highest and largest plateau. Chinese state media recently broadcast a report about a patrol on what is also known as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, covering the soldiers keeping watch over a line that extends over 100km (60 miles) at altitudes up to 5,000 metres (16,400ft) above sea level. Crossing the desolate expanse are the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and Highway, transport arteries that pass through mostly uninhabited areas in western China, including Hoh Xil, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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In This Story: Tibet
Tibet is a region in East Asia covering much of the Tibetan Plateau spanning about 2,500,000 km2. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Tamang, Qiang, Sherpa and Lhoba peoples and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui people.
Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 4,380 m (14,000 ft). Located in the Himalayas, the highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth’s highest mountain, rising 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) above sea level.
The Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century. At its height in the 9th century, the Tibetan Empire extended far beyond the Tibetan Plateau, from Central Asian’s Tarim Basin and the Pamirs in the west to Yunnan and Bengal in the southeast.
The region declared its independence in 1913 and maintained its autonomy until 1951. Today, China governs western and central Tibet as the Tibet Autonomous Region while the eastern areas are now mostly ethnic autonomous prefectures within Sichuan, Qinghai and other neighbouring provinces.
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