Dalai Lama and his clique's clamor for cultural autonomy of Tibet is essentially a political conspiracy to restore theocratic rule, which is bound to fail, said a white paper issued by the Information Office of the State Council on Thursday.

It is known to all that the 14th Dalai Lama and his clique are the chief representatives of the backward feudal serfdom system and culture of theocratic rule and religious despotism that used to prevail in Tibet, as well as the vested-interest monopolists ofthe political, economic and cultural resources of old Tibet, said the white paper titled Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture.

The Democratic Reform in 1959 abolished the feudal serfdom system and overturned the unfair ownership and distribution system of Tibetan cultural resources, which had been monopolized by a small number of feudal serf owners, it said.

The reform removed theocratic rule and religious despotism over social and political life, cleared away the decadent and backward cultural scum which had been obstructing social progress and development, accomplished the democratization and modernization of Tibetan culture, and freed the productive forces of Tibetan culture, enabling Tibetan culture, protected and carried forward as a common spiritual wealth of all Tibetans, to keep up with the times and develop prosperously, it added.

The 14th Dalai Lama and his clique fled abroad nearly half a century ago, and have never made any efforts for or contributions to the protection and development of Tibetan culture. However, they absurdly claim themselves to be protectors of Tibetan culture, it said.

They have clamored about the 'cultural genocide' in Tibet for the sole reason that their cultural despotism and cultural system along with their cultural privileges and vested interests have been irretrievably destroyed due to the irresistible development of Tibetan culture, the paper said.

Facts show that there has been no 'cultural genocide' in Tibet at all over the past half century and more, it said.

On the contrary, the traditional culture of Tibet has been appropriately inherited, effectively protected and vigorously promoted, while modern Tibetan culture, oriented toward modernization, the future and the rest of the world, has opened upto the outside world and achieved rapid and all-round development propelled by Tibet's economic and social development, it added.

Moreover, with its unique charm, Tibetan culture is attracting worldwide attention, it said, stressing the achievements in this regard are undeniable to anyone who respects facts.

As the world is in an age of intensified globalization and informationization, people who conform to the mighty trend of modernization will prosper, while those who do not will perish, it said.

The 14th Dalai Lama and his clique and the anti-China forces in the West conspire to force the Tibetan ethnic group and its culture to stagnate and remain in a state similar to the Middle Ages, in effect to become living fossils, while they themselves enjoy the fruits of modern civilization and culture, it said. Such an attempt must have ulterior motives.

The people of Tibet and other ethnic groups in China will absolutely not fall for such a scheme, the white paper said.