Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet (Xizang) yesterday to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing’s rule over the Himalayan territory.
Xi arrived in Tibet’s regional capital of Lhasa, where he “received a warm welcome from people of various ethnic groups” who waved bouquets of flowers and danced “to joyful rhythms,” the Xinhua News Agency said.
The agency said Xi urged the building of a “modern socialist” Tibet “that is united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious and beautiful.”
Communist forces occupied Tibet in 1951. In 1965, Mao Zedong’s single-party goverment established the Tibet autonomous region.
China also insists on the right to appoint a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s highest-ranking leader.
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