Why India’s new envoy to China is visiting Tibet soon after taking up the job

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India's new ambassador to China, Vikram Doraiswami, visited Tibet shortly after his appointment, marking a gesture towards improving India-China relations. The visit focused on arrangements for Indian pilgrims traveling to sacred sites in Tibet.

India’s new ambassador to China has paid his first visit to Tibet in the latest sign of thawing relations between the two Asian neighbours. Vikram Doraiswami – who speaks Chinese and took up the post in Beijing last month – arrived in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, on Thursday, according to a statement posted on social media by the Indian embassy. The visit was to “review arrangements made by the local government for Indian pilgrims proceeding to Mount Gang Renpoche and Lake...