Critics say repression in Tibet has become more systematic and wide-reaching since the crushing of anti-government protests in 2008.

A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 95 people in Tibet.

The blowback comes after Ottawa sanctioned eight Chinese officials it accuses of "grave human rights violations" against ethnic and religious minorities.

English mountaineer Andrew Comyn "Sandy" Irvine vanished on a trek to Mount Everest's summit with his climbing partner George Mallory in 1924.

The leaked documents reveal, in detail, methods used by Chinese authorities used to surveil dissidents overseas, hack other nations and promote pro-Beijing narratives online.

A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing 127 people.

State media said 100 people died in the province of Gansu and another 11 in the neighboring province of Qinghai in the quake, which occurred just before midnight on Monday.

Xi began his first visit to the U.S. in six years just after the U.S. secretary of state took a thinly veiled swipe at Beijing by stressing the need for freedoms and rule of law.