Xi Jinping’s attendance at the BRICS Summit in India was met with protests by Tibetans and 64 people were arrested

Chinese President Xi Jinping faced protests from a large number of Tibetans when he attended the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on September 12.

When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi, India, on September 12 to attend the BRICS Summit, he encountered protests from Tibetans. Some protesters chased Xi’s motorcade, shouting slogans such as “Free Tibet” and “Down with Xi Jinping.”

A video posted on September 13 by X user YiFeng Su (@sam51824016070) shows that before Xi Jinping’s arrival in New Delhi on September 12, Chinese authorities had already transported two Hongqi N701 limousines to the city. The vehicles were tightly covered with black tarps and were photographed by locals as they drove through the streets of India.

The video shows that on the evening of September 12, as Xi Jinping’s motorcade drove through the streets of New Delhi, a large group of Tibetans draped in lion flags chased the vehicles. They shouted slogans including “Free Tibet,” “Down with Xi Jinping,” “China out of Tibet,” and “Tibet will prevail,” attempting to break through police cordons to express their strong protest. The video went viral on social media.

Additionally, according to Phayul News, a website specializing in reporting on Tibet-related issues, at approximately 9:45 p.m. on September 12, members of the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) from 15 regional branches spontaneously gathered on Bhairon Marg, outside the summit venue, to protest Xi Jinping’s attendance at the summit. That night, 64 Tibetan activists were arrested on the spot by New Delhi police.

On September 11, Voice of Tibet reported that hundreds of Tibetans held a protest march in New Delhi to oppose Xi Jinping’s visit to India and to call on India and the international community to pay attention to China’s high-pressure assimilation policies in Tibet.