Goldstein noticed prayer flags flying from the nomads' black, yak-hair tents. "We thought that was all gone," he says. "But it was still alive. So when I got back to Lhasa, I said to my hosts, 'We ...

They say the move may embolden Beijing to resettle Tibetan nomads who currently live as herders on the Hoh Xil plateau. Unesco noted that the plateau, located in the western Qinghai province ...