Xi Jinping is making a rare visit to Tibet, on the occasion of 60 years of disputed Chinese rule – national

Chinese leader Xi Jinping She made a rare visit to Tibet Wednesday to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the unification of Beijing’s rule, which was long tested on Himalayas.

Xi arrived in the regional capital of Lhasa in Tibet, where he “received a warm welcome from people from various ethnic groups” who waved bouquets of flowers and danced “on joyful rhythms.”

The agency said that Shi urged the construction of the “modern socialism” Tibet, “This is united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious and beautiful.”

Communist forces occupied Tibet in 1951. In 1965, Mao Zedong dictated one -party independent party. This was followed by decades of political repression, including the demolition of some Buddhist monasteries and the imprisonment of monks.

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Recent years have witnessed the extensive migration of the Chinese majority to the height area, the virtual closure of the Tanbeth to journalists and foreigners, removing the teething children from their families to schools ascending where they are taught in mandarin, and suppressing all forms of political or cultural expression outside the control of the Communist Party.

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China also insists on the right to set the reincarnation of Dalai Lama, and the highest leader in Buddhist Tibetan, who was 90 years old and lives in the exile it imposed self in neighboring India after fleeing Chinese rule in 1959.

On Tuesday, the Tibetan exiled in India protested against the visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister there.

Critics say the repression in Tibet has become more systematic and widely since the anti -government protests were crushed in 2008, while China claims to reduce poverty and build the region’s infrastructure.

China claims that Tibet was part of its territory for several centuries, but many Tibetans say they were mainly independent most of that time under their Buddhist thick.

The disputed Chinese border with India goes through the southern edge of Tibet, as China builds roads and other infrastructure for potential military use.

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