Overview

• In front of the Potala Palace, leaders praised development and warned against separatism, with Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Huning declaring Tibetan affairs off-limits to external interference before a crowd of about 20,000.
• Xi Jinping attended the festivities in Lhasa after a rare visit to the region, urging construction of a “modern socialist Tibet” and calling for ethnic unity, according to state media.
• The parade featured floats, choreographed dance groups, and marching soldiers and police, projecting Party authority during the 60th anniversary of establishing the Tibet Autonomous Region in 1965.
• Human-rights groups and exile communities assert that controls have tightened in recent years, citing detained monks, some monastery demolitions, Mandarin-language boarding schools, large-scale Han migration, and tight limits on foreign access.
• China highlights poverty reduction and major infrastructure projects across the plateau, while analysts note expanded roads near the disputed Indian border and exiled Tibetans in India protested this week over a visit by China’s foreign minister.