Amid border tensions, China s Xi secretly visits Tibetan town bordering Arunachal Pradesh
Amid border tensions, China s Xi secretly visits Tibetan town bordering Arunachal Pradesh
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Nyingchi, a strategically located border town close to Arunachal Pradesh, during his first visit to Tibet, state media reported on Friday.
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UPDATED: July 24, 2021 07:11 IST
Xi Jinping s visit to the town at the India-China border was kept under wraps till Friday. (AP photo)
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Nyingchi, a strategically located border town close to Arunachal Pradesh, during his first visit to Tibet, the official media reported on Friday.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stressed fully implementing the guidelines of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for governing Tibet in a new era and writing a new chapter of lasting stability and high-quality development for the plateau region.
Xi, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited the Tibet Autonomous Region from Wednesday to Friday for the 70th anniversary of Tibet s peaceful liberation, the first time in the history of the Party and the country.
Xi extended congratulations to the 70th anniversary of Tibet s peaceful liberation, visited officials and ordinary people of various ethnic groups and conveyed the CPC Central Committee s care to them.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves Thursday while visiting a public square below the Potala Palace in Lhasa in western China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.
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BEIJING Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Tibet as authorities tighten controls over the Himalayan region’s traditional Buddhist culture, accompanied by an accelerated drive for economic development and modernized infrastructure.
Xi inspects Tibet, stressing lasting stability, high-quality development Updated: Jul 24,2021 11:25 AM Xinhua
LHASA Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stressed fully implementing the guidelines of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for governing Tibet in a new era and writing a new chapter of lasting stability and high-quality development for the plateau region.
Xi, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited the Tibet autonomous region from July 21 to 23 for the 70th anniversary of Tibet s peaceful liberation, the first time in the history of the Party and the country.
Xi extended congratulations to the 70th anniversary of Tibet s peaceful liberation, visited officials and ordinary people of various ethnic groups and conveyed the CPC Central Committee s care to them.