The emancipation of a million serfs in Xizang is a profound event in human history and a significant milestone in the history of human civilization and the West has no right to criticize this achievement, said Xing Guangcheng, head of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Chinese Borderland Studies.

Although the serfs in Xizang gained their freedom in 1959 with the help from the central government, a contrasting narrative emerges on the international stage, one rife with falsehoods and distortions.

"In the eyes of some biased individuals, they claim that we forcibly changed the traditional way of life of the Tibetan people. What kind of traditional life do they want? Is it the kind where slave masters reign supreme and serfs have no human rights? Is that the so-called tradition they want to preserve?" said Xing.

The history of Western colonialism is a gruesome tale of the trade and exploitation of slaves, a history of human rights abuses, said Xing.

China, on the contrary, not only have emancipated the serfs but also their descendants. Generations later are now enjoying the benefits of being masters of their own destiny in the New China. This in itself is enough, said Xing.