Xi Jinping makes surprise visit to Tibet
The ICT quoting a source said Xi first landed at Mainling airport in Nyingtri, in southeast Tibet, on July 20
Friday July 23, 2021 8:55 AM, IANS
[Xi Jinping delivers a speech facing the “Monument of Peaceful Liberation of Tibet” at the Potala square in Tibet’s capital of Lhasa. (Image: SaveTibet.org)]
New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping has made an unannounced visit to Tibet.
Video clips shared on Chinese social media by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a Washington-based advocacy group, show Xi addressing people in the city of Nyingtri, stepping out of a shop in the Barkhor area in Lhasa.
China’s Xi makes rare trip to Tibet, says state media 23 Jul 2021 / 12:00 H. -AFP
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping (
pix) is on a rare trip to China’s politically sensitive region of Tibet, state media reported Friday, the first such visit by the country’s top leader in more than three decades.
Tibet has alternated over the centuries between independence and control by China, which says it “peacefully liberated” the rugged plateau in 1951 and brought infrastructure and education to the previously underdeveloped region.
But many exiled Tibetans accuse the central government of religious repression and eroding their culture.
In 2008, the region exploded in deadly rioting after rising anger over the perceived dilution of its ancient culture by rapid Chinese-fuelled development.
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BEIJING: China s President Xi Jinping visited the Tibet autonomous region on Wednesday (Jul 21) and Thursday, according to the official Xinhua news agency, in his first recorded visit as leader of the nation.
It was the first such visit by the country s top leader in more than three decades.
Chinese President makes surprise visit to Tibet
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New Delhi, July 23 : Chinese President Xi Jinping has made an unannounced visit to Tibet.
Video clips shared on Chinese social media by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a Washington-based advocacy group, show Xi addressing people in the city of Nyingtri, stepping out of a shop in the Barkhor area in Lhasa and giving remarks to the public, while facing the Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet in front of the Potala Palace, the traditional winter residence of the Dalai Lama.
Xi last visited the Tibet Autonomous Region, which spans about half of Tibet, in 2011 when he was China s Vice President. At the same, he visited Lhasa, Nyingtri and Shigatse.
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