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Features archive - December 2008

• Mundgod's my very own little Tibet
  MUNDGOD, India, 23 December 2008
  Momos, thukpas and tea? Don't travel too far. Tibet is right in Mundgod, a small town in Uttara Kannada district. ...
• Brief introduction to Tibet
  ON THE WEB, 19 December 2008
  Tibet is a plateau region in Central Asia and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people. ...
• More than 2 trillion tons of arctic ice has melted since 2003
  WASHINGTON, D.C., USA, 16 December 2008
  More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming. ...
• Shangri-La has changed and Tibetans know it
  BEIJING, China, 8 December 2008
  Many Westerners are concerned about the "Tibet Issue." It is said that the image of a mysterious, vague and ideal Eastern "Shangri-La" always lingers in their minds. ...
• China's long march from Mao to modernity
  HONG KONG, China, 8 December 2008
  Amidst the cacophonous consumerism of today's China, it may be hard to imagine that 35 years ago, the sole imported item available in Beijing's main department store was cigarettes. Made in Albania. ...