Tibetans visit the Labrang Monastery in a Tibetan area of China, Xiahe

Tibetan women take in the warm afternoon sun on a hill overlooking the Labrang Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery outside of Lhasa, during the Tibetan Monlam Festival in Xiahe, a small town in Gansu Province on the Tibetan plateau, February 5, 2012. China on Monday warned government officials in Tibet that failing to maintain stability could result in job loss or criminal prosecution, the latest sign of increasing ethnic tensions between Tibetans and the Chinese government. UPI/Stephen Shaver