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Near Arunachal, Xi Jinping vows to boost border infra building

His visit to Tibet is the first by a Chinese president since 1990

Xi Jinping’s visit to Nyingchi
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Xi Jinping’s visit to Nyingchi on Wednesday was kept under wraps | Photo: Twitter/Xinhua

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Nyingchi, a strategically located border town close to Arunachal Pradesh, during his first visit to the politically sensitive region of Tibet where he underlined the need for “lasting stability” and “high-quality development” for the plateau region.

Xi was in Tibet from Wednesday but his important visit was kept under wraps by China's official media until the end of the trip on Friday due to the sensitivities of the trip.

During his visit, the Chinese president pledged to bolster construction along Tibet’s Himalayan frontier and also reaffirmed Beijing’s control. The last sitting Chinese