Xi's visit on Wednesday comes just two months after the Dalai Lama announced that his office, not China, would choose his successor. China's leaders, however, claim that only they

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

Xi’s arrival in Tibet coincided with a rare trip by China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, to India, where both countries pledged to rebuild ties damaged by a deadly 2020 border skirmish.