Chinese Leaders Call for Stronger Control Over Tibet in Rare Visit

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Aug. 21 marked the 60th anniversary of its formal rule over Tibet with a call to reinforce its control over the region. Standing in front of the heavily guarded Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, senior CCP official Wang Huning emphasized the need for a vigorous fight against “separatism” to ensure border security. “We must … strengthen and innovate social governance, and build a wall of copper and steel to safeguard stability,” Wang, China’s fourth-ranking official, told a handpicked audience. The CCP overhauled Tibet’s political system and formally established the Tibet Autonomous Region in 1965. This came six years after the Chinese military suppressed a Tibetan uprising against communist rule in 1959, a crackdown widely believed to have resulted in the deaths of thousands of Tibetans. Thousands more, including the 14th Dalai Lama, fled into exile in India....

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