Chinese President Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh, the official media reported on Friday. Xi arrived at the Nyingchi Mainling Airport on Wednesday and was warmly welcomed by local people and officials of various ethnic groups, Xinhua news agency reported.
He then visited the Nyang River Bridge, to inspect the ecological preservation in the basin of the Brahmaputra river, which is called Yarlung Zangbo in the Tibetan language. Nyingchi is a prefecture-level city in Tibet that is adjacent to the Arunachal Pradesh border.
Xi Jinping Makes Rare Visit To Tibetan Border Town Close To Arunachal Pradesh
China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of South Tibet, which is firmly rejected by India.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh. He arrived at the Nyingchi Mainling Airport on Wednesday and was warmly welcomed by local people and officials of various ethnic groups, Xinhua news agency reported.
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.
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23 Jul 2021, 13:30 GMT+10
LHASA, July 23 (Xinhua) Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has visited the city of Nyingchi in southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region. Xi arrived at the Nyingchi Mainling Airport on Wednesday and was warmly welcomed by local people and officials of various ethnic groups. He then visited the Nyang River Bridge, to inspect the ecological preservation in the basin of the Yarlung Zangbo River and its tributary Nyang River. On Wednesday afternoon, Xi visited a local city planning hall, a village and a park in Nyingchi, inspecting the locality s city development planning, rural vitalization and city park building efforts.