This is his second visit to the mountain region in the southwest of whose history whose history is marked by the rebellions against Beijing, writes France Presse.
Human rights organizations accuse China to suffocate religious freedom there and that it has introduced strict supervision over the population. Beijing returns that he has significantly improved the life of the local population in Tibet.
“The management, stability and development of Tibet require, primarily the preservation of political and social stability, interethnic unity and religious harmony,” said XI on Wednesday during the meeting with local officials, the Chinese Agency Xinhu.
On Thursday, the Tibetan Buddhist’s former Lama Buddhist, a religious leader, gathered about 20 thousand political representatives, students and members of the Tibetan society.
Wang Huning, one of the leading politicians of the Chinese Communist Party, called on a deeper fight against separatism.
“Any attempt to divide the homeland and undermining the stability of the region was sentenced to ruin,” he said.
Soldiers and costumed dancers have paraded before Xi Jinping.
His visit comes in the middle of a debate on the heir of the 90-year-old Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India.
In July, the religious leader said he would be appointed after his death, but without the involvement of the Chinese authorities, the position that Beijing resubby rejects.
Not mentioning the Dalai Lama, Xi Jinping called on Wednesday to “guidance” of Tibetan Buddhism towards the “adaptation to the Socialist Society.”
(Vijesti.ba / Hina)
