The article describes fibers and methods used for papermaking in Tibet and China. While papermaking disappeared in Tibet in the late 1950's, the author was able to locate the wild Tibetan papermaking plant, <i>Stellera chamaejasme, </i> a member of the Thymeleaecaea family. In contrast to Japan and Israel, where bast fibers from the stem of plants in the same plant family are used for papermaking, the Tibetans used the outer sheath of the root of the plant. The section on Tibet concludes with a description of the harvesting, pulping, sheet forming and drying techniques used before papermaking traditions were disrupted by the Chinese. The remainder of the article is devoted to papermaking in China, and describes papers made today in several centers of hand papermaking in various provinces. The author discusses the plant fibers and equipment used, and the types of paper that she saw produced during visits made in 1982 and 1985. Fibers used in the earliest Chinese papermaking like true hemp and paper mulberry continue to be used in addition to many others. Traditional techniques and equipment coexist with mechanized contemporary methods, with two types of paper made, one for fine art and the other for utilitarian purposes. -- AATA