China has appointed a new Governor of Tibet, one of the country’s most politically-sensitive regions and a difficult issue for the communist nation, state news agency Xinhua has reported. | Photo Credit: THE HINDUmore-inChina has appointed a new Governor of Tibet, one of the country’s most politically-sensitive regions, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. A thirty-five-year veteran of the Communist Party, Qi Zhala (58) has also served as the region’s Communist Party vice-secretary and the party boss of regional capital Lhasa, according to his resume, published by party mouthpiece the People’s Daily. He replaces Luosang Jiangcun, who was named secretary of the region’s National People's Congress in the same Xinhua announcement. As Governor, he is the second-most powerful figure in the region, after the regional Communist party bos

Source: The Hindu January 15, 2017 12:33 UTC