Activities instigating separatism in China should come to end

by Xinhua writers Chen Yong and Yu Zhixiao

BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The Warsaw government on Wednesday bestowed the title of "Honorable Citizen" on the visiting Dalai Lama, claiming he was striving for the "ethnic sovereignty and freedom" of Tibet.

The Dalai Lama, who is actually attempting to separate Tibet from China and telling many lies about the region, doesn't deserve the honor. It is hard to understand why the Warsaw government gave such an award to him.

The reward is a breach of basic international justice.

Some people trumpeted the Dalai Lama after the Lhasa riots on March 14, 2008. Some countries greenlighted his visits. Some cities awarded him titles. Some Western media spared no efforts in spreading the Dalai Lama's lies. What is behind all these activities?

Outdated Cold War thinking and ideological bias prevent some people from treating China fairly and this leads to these activities.

They regard China's peaceful development as a threat and deliberately make trouble for China.

It is their sub-conscious choice to allow, fund and even manipulate separatists to hold back China's progress.