Dharamshala, Sept. 2 -- The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has condemned Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent trip to Lhasa, describing it as a "stage-managed spectacle of unity" that eluded promises of autonomy. According to Phayul, the rights group argued that Beijing used the 60th anniversary of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to tighten its grip rather than recognise Tibetan self-rule.

Xi, accompanied by senior Communist Party leaders including Wang Huning, visited the Tibetan capital on August 20. State media projected the visit as an expression of "care and affection" for the Tibetan people, highlighting Xi's emphasis on "political stability," "ethnic unity," and "religious harmony."

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