Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare trip to Tibet and hailed the crushing of “separatism” in the once-restive region, as Beijing prepares for a looming struggle over the successor of the aging and exiled Dalai Lama and the hearts and minds of millions of Tibetans.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Tibet to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing’s long-contested rule over the Himalayan territory

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday made a rare visit to Tibet, a region where Beijing is accused of rights abuse, and urged ethnic unity as well as “religious harmony”.Xi's visit comes ahead of possible tensions over the succession of the 90-year-old Dalai Lama,