His demand for "Greater Tibet" or "one administrative entity" means breaking up Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces, and causing enormous disruption and damage to China's society and political system.

Such a demand is ruled out, as any comparable demand to break up states in any country would be.

Tibet has been part of China since the Yuan Dynasty in the 13th century and there is no country in the world that has ever recognized Tibet as an independent state.

China's sovereignty over Tibet is indisputable from the standpoint of international law. China is the only nation that has been capable of ensuring human rights by eradicating poverty and improving the living standards of millions of people.

We should not only hear what the Dalai lama says, but also see what he dose. Only when the Dalai Lama truly stops the plots to split Tibet from China and to sabotage the Olympic Games is he qualified to talk about sincerity.

It is high time the Dalai Lama got real about the future of Tibet, and engaged in a sincere dialogue with the Chinese central government to find a reasonable, and sustainable political solution within the framework of one China.

(Xinhua News Agency July 1, 2008)