China’s top security official, Chen Wenqing, visited Tibet from September 10 to 13, 2024 during which he convened a meeting on “anti-secession and stability maintenance,” indicating ongoing instability in Tibet and foreshadowing a possible increase in surveillance and restrictions.

Chen, who is a member of Chinese Communist Party’s powerful 24-member Politburo and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLA), went to Lhasa, Chamdo (Chinese: Changdu) and Kandze (Ganzi), according to Chinese state media.

“In Kandze, Sichuan, Chen Wenqing presided over a meeting on anti-secession and stability maintenance in Tibet,” state media reported, mentioning that the discussions covered not just the officially designated Tibet Autonomous Region, but also the Tibetan areas in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, and Qinghai. Click here to read more.