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Xi’s visit to the TAR was about China’s external relations – and especially India – as much as it was about domestic political priorities.
General Secretary of the Chines Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping visited Tibet on the 60th anniversary of foundation of the Tibet Autonomous Region. His trip was a carefully orchestrated display of unity and strength by the CCP. Its optics, timing and significance suggest the party seeks to reinforce and accelerate the implementation of its vision for Tibet, especially in light of the 14th Dalai Lama’s statement regarding his reincarnation. The delegation of high-level central leaders travelling to Lhasa underlined the drivers and contours giving shape to the CCP’s governance of Tibet: political stability, regional development, and securing party control. But the focus on domestic governance tells only half the story.
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