New Delhi: In developments that raised eyebrows throughout the world, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a visit without generation to Tibet this week, including to Nyingchi which was located close to Arunachal Pradesh.
This was XI’s first visit to Tibet since taking over as president in 2013.
According to the Xinhua news agency, the President visited the Tibetal autonomous region in connection with the 70-year anniversary of “Tibetan peaceful release of the first time in party and state history”.
China’s President XI Jinping, the waves to the villagers while visiting Galai Nyingchi Village, Tibet Tibet Southwestern Autonomous Region, Wednesday, July 21, 2021.
(Reuters) during his visit, XI emphasized the need to fully implement the Guidelines for the Chinese Communist Party to “set Tibet in a new era and write round stability rounds and high-quality development for the highlands “, the report said.
The visit continues to be wrapped by China’s official media until the end of the trip on Friday.
Nyingchi also places China builds a massive dam on the Brahmaputra River.
The visit came amid border tensions with India and when China was said to suppress local culture by promoting education in Chinese and also slowly controlling Buddhist monasteries.
Chinese leaders regularly visit Tibet.
But XI is probably the first top leader in recent years to visit the Tibetan border city.
He visited Tibet as vice president in 2011.
The President sat last to officially visit Tibet was Jiang Zemin in 1990.