US EditionXi Jinping Revisits Tibet Amidst Strategic Diplomatic Developments
Xi Jinping emphasized Tibet's political stability and economic growth, citing a $167 billion hydropower project and a life expectancy rise to 72.5 years, while urging ethnic unity and rejecting separatism.
- On Aug 20, 2025 Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, to mark its 60th anniversary, attending a ceremony before 20,000 with Wang Huning and Cai Qi.
- The trip coincided with the 60th anniversary and came two months after the Dalai Lama's succession remarks, with Chinese officials framing it as reinforcing Beijing's control over the Tibet Autonomous Region .
- At meetings with senior CCP leaders and local Tibet officials, Xi Jinping urged maintaining political stability, ethnic unity, religious harmony, and guiding Tibetan Buddhism to adapt to socialism while outlining the four tasks.
- State media framed the visit as a celebration while rights groups and Tibetan exiles said it glossed over abuses and India raised dam and border concerns with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
- China's big infrastructure push includes a 1.2 trillion yuan hydropower project in Tibet, raising concerns from India and Bangladesh, alongside 2.6 trillion yuan central government investments in Xizang to 2024.
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Xi pushes ethnic unity in rare visit to Tibet
President Xi Jinping attended a grand ceremony in Lhasa on Thursday during a rare visit to Tibet, where he urged "ethnic unity and religious harmony" in a region where China is accused of rights abuses. "To govern, stabilise and develop Tibet, we must first safeguard political stability, social stability, ethnic unity and religious harmony," Xi, visiting for the first time since 2021, told a group of the region's officials on Wednesday, accordin…
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Xi takes jab at Dalai Lama in Tibet, says 'religious affairs' must 'adapt to socialist society'
Chinese President Xi Jinping took a veiled jab at the Dalai Lama during a visit to Tibet, alluding to a need for greater control over “religious affairs.” Xi made a surprise visit to Tibet on Thursday to celebrate 60 years of Chinese Communist Party rule over the region. Without explicitly mentioning the Dalai Lama, he told attendees of his address that “religious affairs” must be regulated to help “guide Tibetan Buddhism to adapt to socialist s…
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