Laura Bicker
China correspondent
President Xi Jinping urged unity on a rare visit to Tibet, appearing before 20,000 people to mark 60 years since China created the autonomous region after annexing it.
In his second-ever presidential visit to the tightly-controlled region, Xi praised the local government for "engaging in a thorough struggle against separatism" - a reference to decades-old Tibetan resistance to Beijing.
The visit to Lhasa, which sits at an altitude that could pose health problems for the 72-year...





