Oriental Rugs - China

Evidence suggests that the Chinese did not start weaving pile carpets until the time of the Sung Dynasty (960-1279). And it's also believed that even those rugs being made in China were used by the Mongolians because the Chinese looked down on wool as a barbarian material. Instead, the Chinese have preferred silk, a material they have specialized in for over 4000 years.

China never had much of a nomadic rug weaving population. And when the Chinese did start weaving rugs, they used unique designs usually containing Imperial five-clawed dragons. Today, China is the leader in the Far East for producing rugs. However, all of China's rugs are made in urban centers by weavers who made them strictly for retail or export.

Tibet 
From about 600 to 800 AD the entire area of northern India, Nepal, Western China, and of course the Tarim Basin was under Tibetan control. During this time the people of Tibet moved down into the fertile Yarlung Valley, which is on the present border of Nepal, Pakistan, and Bhutan, and formed a strong civilization.

Their great power is said to have stemmed from the fact that they were on diplomatic terms with the great Sassanian Dynasty of Persia. By the time the Arabs expanded eastward to spread Islam, the Tibetans had adopted Buddhism.
 

Their empire collapsed around 850 A.D. and the Tibetans were scattered throughout the area until the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. And until the Chinese Communist invasion in 1959, Tibet was ruled by religious Buddhist leaders and Dalai Lamas.

Tibetans are believed to have been weaving pile carpets a little over 900 years, definitely not as long as the Mongolians, Turks, or Persians. Mongolia, Tibet, and East Turkmenistan don't produce many carpets any more and the few rugs they make are mainly for export by nomadic weavers.