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Coverage dated August 20, 2025

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

Headline from KVIA El Paso

By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare trip to Tibet and hailed the crushing of “separatism” in the once-restive region, as Beijing prepares for a looming struggle over the successor of the aging and exiled Dalai Lama and the hearts and minds of millions of Tibetans.

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  1. Al Jazeera

    Xi Jinping makes rare visit to Tibet as 60 years of Chinese rule celebrated (opens Al Jazeera)

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    State media reports Chinese leader’s arrival in Tibet was greeted with people waving bouquets of flowers and dancing.

  2. KVIA El Paso

    Xi Jinping makes rare visit to Tibet to showcase control as Dalai Lama succession looms (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare trip to Tibet and hailed the crushing of “separatism” in the once-restive region, as Beijing prepares for a looming struggle over the successor of the aging and exiled Dalai Lama and the hearts and minds of millions of Tibetans.

  3. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Xi Jinping makes rare visit to Tibet to showcase control as Dalai Lama succession looms | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare trip to Tibet and hailed the crushing of “separatism” in the once-restive

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