It may be just similar to an American sports team based in Alaska or a Northern Irish team playing Premier League, although I've not heard about any of those teams yet.
I watched some documentaries about the Go scenes in the Lhasa area before, so there are a base of Go fans. Thus it may be an opportunity to promote Go in the region to have a professional team. They were promoted from B League last year(can check back on wolfking's post for B League) and acquire players like Zhou Ruiyang and Kang Dongyun in order to complete in the A League.
It is indeed a challenge to play on the Plateau for the guest team. Great for Shin Jinseo to show professionalism, manage to overcome the sickness and come back for the win.
https://home.yikeweiqi.com/#/live/room/18908/1/16446376The matches were played in the Lhasa Continental Hotel with a few Go related activities organized by the Lhasa Go Association before the matches.
https://home.yikeweiqi.com/#/gonews/detail/25527?type=1https://home.yikeweiqi.com/#/gonews/detail/25528?type=1