China’s Central Military Commission “upgraded the political status” of the Political Commissar of the People’s Armed Police Corps of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), indicating the central government’s determination to safeguard regional stability.
Major General Tang Xiao, Political Commissar of the Tibet Armed Police Corps, part of the Chinese People’s Armed Police, is now equivalent to the head of a “corps-sized military body” including in terms of privileges and perquisites, which is equal to that of officials at a provincial or ministerial level. There is no announcement, however, that the Corps, which presently is not a corps-sized military body, will be expanded to the size of a full corps.[Source]