Medical staff from the local Tibetan hospital collect herbs in Xiahe County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, July 29, 2020. Xiahe, a county rich in herb ...

As we drove out through the town in the early morning light, smoke rose from decorative chimneys atop the Tibetan-style homes, while monks wrapped in their crimson robes cycled past the 13-floor ...

Xiahe is famous for its Labrang monastery, the largest edifice of the Yellow Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism and home to the largest number of monks outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The monastery was ...

My final evening was in a Muslim-run family restaurant, where I enjoyed the spicy cuisine. Alongside a mixture of local people were several Buddhist monks. All were engrossed in watching football on ...