(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-12 11:32

HAVANA - Cuba's official newspaper Granma carried an article Friday stating that "Tibet is an inalienable part of China" and the current campaign by some Western governments aims to "discredit China."

"Tibet is an inalienable part of China," said the article, adding that some religious persons who aimed at separating the country incited violence and chaos.

It said that the riots that broke out on March 14 in Lhasa, capital city of China's Tibet Autonomous Region, were an "incitement promoted from overseas by the Dalai Lama."

The newspaper also reported that many historic registries had confirmed Tibet's being part of Chinese territory since ancient times.

The article also pointed out that the current campaign by some Western governments aims to discredit China using well-known media tools and words like "repression" and "violation of human rights" to any incident within China's borders.

It added that "some Western governments bet this time on the Beijing Olympic Games' failure," and Dalai Lama is once more their "disciplined soldier."