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

Xi will attend events to mark 60 years since the establishment of the autonomous region.

Il presidente Xi Jinping è arrivato oggi a Lhasa per i 60 anni della fondazione della Regione Autonoma di Xizang, il nome mandarino del Tibet. (ANSA)

Il presidente Xi Jinping è arrivato oggi a Lhasa per i 60 anni della fondazione della Regione Autonoma di Xizang, il nome mandarino del Tibet. (ANSA)

The visit to Lhasa suggests a desire to stamp the Chinese leader's authority over the region.

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

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping attended a grand ceremony in Lhasa on Thursday during a rare visit to Tibet, where he urged “ethnic unity and religious harmony” in a region where…