China to uphold Communist Party leadership in Tibet

China will uphold the leadership of the Communist Party in Tibet to further its economic development, and guide Tibetan society in accordance with socialism, the region’s top official said on Saturday. Speaking at a news conference in Beijing, Tibet’s Party Secretary Wu Yingjie said, “First and foremost we must uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China.” Sunday (May 23) marks 70 years since the signing of the peace accord between the Tibetan Army and China’s People’s Liberation Army in 1951, leading to Chinese rule over the Tibet Autonomous Region. In 1959, the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama,…