[21. February 2012] Sydney Morning Herald

Losang, a dark, stocky man with a shock of jet black hair and a beaming grin, is known as the happiest man in his village. The former nomad cackles with infectious laughter after almost every sentence, even when telling the story of his own misfortune.

Chinese authorities told him if he gave up herding his yaks and sheep in exchange for a house in a Tibetan nomad resettlement camp, he could buy a car, open a business and get government support. He has the house- two rooms each about three metres across and four metres long - but not much else. “We were happy to move, but now there is nothing,” Losang, 46, says, laughing loudly at his own expense. Read more