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BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, on Wednesday for his second-ever visit as his country’s leader to mark the 60th anniversary of Tibet’s founding as an autonomous region.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, on Wednesday to observe the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region by Beijing, state media reported. Your trusted source for the latest news delivered weekdays from the team at U.S. News and World Report.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet on Wednesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing’s long-contested rule over the Himalayan territory.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, on Wednesday to observe the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region by Beijing, state media reported.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged Xizang Autonomous Region to build a modern socialist new Xizang that is united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious and beautiful. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission,

President Xi Jinping has emphasized prioritizing efforts to maintain political stability, social harmony, ethnic solidarity and amity among religions in the Xizang autonomous region, ahead of a grand gathering in celebration of the region's 60th founding anniversary to be held on Thursday.

Xi last flew to Tibet in July 2021 where he urged people there to "follow the party" in a visit largely perceived by outside observers to signal the Communist Party's confidence that order had finally been established in a region with a long history of protest against Chinese rule.

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