Tibetan separatist efforts will fail: official

Continuous attempts by the Dalai Lama and the so-called Tibetan government-in-exile to restore Tibet's feudal serfdom and split the autonomous region from China will never succeed, a senior local leader said on Tuesday.

"Those people who represent the old Tibet, with the Dalai Lama as their leader, and the so-called Tibetan government-in-exile, have been encouraging all kinds of extreme, violent behaviors to disrupt the peaceful life of the Tibetan people. Their attempts, with the aim to separate Tibet from China, are not supported by the people and will end in vain," said Padma Choling, chairman of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.

He made the remarks during a televised speech broadcast across the region on Tuesday night to mark the 53rd Serf Liberation Day, which falls on March 28 every year.