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Xi Jinping makes rare visit to Tibet to showcase control as Dalai Lama succession looms

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare trip to Tibet and hailed the crushing of “separatism” in the once-restive region, ...

Why Does Xi Keep Purging Loyalists? Look to Stalin and Mao for the Answer.

China’s “bedside eavesdroppers,” the online posse parsing rumors for power shifts, have a lot to work with as Xi Jinping ...

With the Dalai Lama’s Succession Looming, Xi Jinping Visits Tibet

A power struggle is taking shape over choosing a successor to the 90-year-old Buddhist leader. In a trip to Tibet’s capital, ...

China's Xi makes a rare visit to Tibet to mark 60 years of contested rule there

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Tibet to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing’s ...

Exclusive-China's Xi likely to skip October ASEAN leaders summit, sources say

BEIJING/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to attend a major summit of Asian leaders in October ...

China's Xi to host Putin, UN's Guterres at regional summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping will host Russia's Vladimir Putin, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres and more than 20 heads of ...

China's Xi makes second-ever visit to Tibet as president

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Wednesday for his second-ever visit as China's leader ...

Xi Jinping makes rare Tibet visit amid row over Dalai Lama succession

Xi Jinping has called for unity during a rare visit to Tibet, where thousands marked the region’s 60 years as an autonomous Chinese state with songs, dances, a parade – and placards heaping praise on ...

China’s Xi Reminds Tibet That Beijing Is in Charge

The trip underscores Beijing’s focus on tightening party control over ethnic minorities, especially in the restive region.

Xi takes jab at Dalai Lama in Tibet, says ‘religious affairs’ must ‘adapt to socialist society’

Chinese President Xi Jinping took a jab at the Dalai Lama while in Tibet, alluding to a need for greater control over "religious affairs." ...

Xi Jinping becomes first Chinese president to attend controversial anniversary celebrations in Tibet

The Chinese leader called for building a “modern socialist” Tibet that is “united, prosperous, civilised, harmonious and beautiful”. According to China’s state-owned Xinhua news agency, Mr Xi arrived ...