These areas used to be part of Tibet until Chinese rule. The TAR refers to China's current Tibetan borders and doesn't include these neighboring areas, though Tibetans still consider these areas ...
The Lhasa airport can be reached from a number of major cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu, the latter of which is the closest major city to Tibet. If your tour ...
China continues to consider Arunachal Pradesh a part of Tibet, which it occupied in 1951. The map of China, until now, is based on the 1989 edition of the Sky Map of its national borders.