Xi stresses unity for Tibet, vows fight against separatism

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August 31, 2015;

CHINA-BEIJING-XI JINPING-MEETING ON TIBET(CN)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), addresses a meeting on the work of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region which last from Aug. 24 to 25 in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — President Xi Jinping has underlined national and ethnic unity as the key plans for Tibet, vowing a focus on long-term, comprehensive stability and an unswerving anti-separatism battle.

“Key efforts in the work for Tibet should be spent on ensuring national unity and consolidating ethnic unity, with realizing long-term and comprehensive social stability as an obligatory task,” Xi said at a two-day meeting regarding southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region which ended on Tuesday.

Xi stressed the country should “firmly take the initiative” in the fight against separatism.