Xi Jinping last visited Tibet in 2011.
At that time he was still Vice President.
Now the president toured the city of Nyingchi.
Beijing - China's President Xi Jinping traveled to Tibet for the first time in ten years.
As Chinese state media reported on Friday, the head of state and party was already in the Tibetan city of Nyingchi on Wednesday, where he was greeted by locals and officials from various ethnic groups.
Xi last visited Tibet as Vice President in 2011.
Tibet lies on a plateau between 3600 and 5200 meters high and is therefore also called the “roof of the world”.
From the 15th century on, the Buddhist kingdom developed into a monastic state with the Dalai Lama as head and Lhasa as the capital.
In 1950, China invaded Tibet with its People's Liberation Army and in 1965 appointed the Tibet Autonomous Region, which is part of the People's Republic.
The Dalai fled into exile in India.
According to human rights activists, monks in Tibet repeatedly set fire to themselves to protest against Chinese rule.
dpa
