Dismissing the "Tibetan independence" movement as an attempt by old and new imperialists to divide the country, China said historical evidence showed that Tibet has been part of its territory since ancient times.
"No country or government in the world has ever acknowledged the independence of Tibet," a government white paper released today by the Chinese government in connection with 60 years of 'Liberation of Tibet' said.
"China is a unified, multi-ethnic country, and the Tibetan people are important members of the family of the Chinese nation," the white paper titled 'Sixty Years Since Peaceful Liberation of Tibet' said.
Historical facts clearly demonstrate that the so-called 'Tibetan independence' was in fact cooked up by old and new imperialists, and was part of Western aggressors' scheme to carve up the territory of China, it said.
Archaeological and academic research findings show that since ancient times the Tibetan people have been "closely connected with the Han (main Chinese ethnic group) and other ethnic groups in blood relationship, language, culture and other aspects," and economic, political and cultural exchanges between Tibet and inland China "have never been broken off," it said.
The Tibetan group, as one of the centuries-old ethnic groups in China, has made important contributions to the creation and development of this unified, multi-ethnic country and to the formation and evolvement of the Chinese nation, it said.
In the 13th century the central government of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) formally incorporated Tibet into the central administration by setting up the Supreme Control Commission and Commission for Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs to directly administer the military and political affairs of the Tibet region.
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