“大藏区”是西方殖民者侵略中国、企图分裂中国的产物。“大藏区”的概念并非十四世达赖集团首创，而是在1913-1914年“西姆拉会议”上由英国殖民主义者提出并写入非法的“西姆拉条约”。该条约将中国藏族聚居区划分为“外藏”和“内藏”：“外藏”即今天的西藏自治区，实行“自治”；“内藏”即除西藏自治区之外的四川、云南、甘肃、青海的四省所属藏族聚居区，中国政府可以派遣官员军队。由于中国各族人民的强烈反对，当时的中国政府代表未签字并不予承认，“西姆拉会议”以破产而告终，“西姆拉条约”也成为一纸空文。但英国殖民主义者依然积极培植并支持西藏地方上层分裂势力，西藏地方上层分裂势力也一度幻想在英国支持下实现“自治”。直到晚年，曾被英国殖民主义者利用的十三世达赖喇嘛终于觉醒，1930年他在拉萨对当时的中央政府代表刘曼卿说：“都是中国领土，何分尔我，倘武力相持……兄弟阋墙，甚为不值”。
“大藏区”无视青藏高原各民族共同创造的历史和文化。中国各民族经过长期的交往，形成了大杂居、小聚居的分布特点。在中国，一个民族往往分布在不同行政区域，而一个行政区域又往往聚居着不同民族。在青藏高原地区特别是毗邻区域，自古以来就生活着汉、藏、回、门巴、珞巴、羌、蒙古、土、东乡、保安、裕固、撒拉、傈僳、纳西、普米、怒等十几个民族，他们是这块土地上的共同主人。今天的西藏和川、滇、甘、青四省，都是多民族杂居区，这是中国各民族人民长期交往交流交融的历史结果。由于地理、历史和风俗习惯等各个方面的原因，川、滇、甘、青地区的藏族不同部落分别由中国不同的省份管理，并和各地的其他民族长期交错相处。在长期的历史发展中，分布在不同行政区域的藏族人民既保持着共同的民族特点，又在部落语言、习俗等方面存在差异，各有特色。同时，不同区域的藏族与当地其他各族人民在政治、经济、文化等方面的交往非常频繁，特别是经济联系非常紧密，拥有共同的或相似的地域文化特色。
"Greater Tibet" ignores the history and culture created by all the ethnic groups who have lived together on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. After many years of contact and exchange, some of China's ethnic groups have spread over vast areas, while others live in individual concentrated communities in small areas. In China, it is quite common that people of one single ethnic group live in different administrative regions, while in a single administrative region there can be many different ethnic groups. On the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, particularly in its neighboring regions, there have lived more than a dozen ethnic groups since ancient times. These include Han, Tibetan, Hui, Monba, Lhoba, Qiang, Mongol, Tu, Dongxiang, Bao'an, Yugur, Salar, Lisu, Naxi, Pumi, and Nu, all of whom are masters of this land. The present Tibet and the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai are all multi-ethnic regions, which is the result of a long-term history of exchange, communication and blending among various ethnic groups of China. For reasons of geography, history and customs, different Tibetan tribes are under the jurisdiction of the four different provinces, and have lived together with other ethnic groups in these places over a very long time. In the course of this long history, the Tibetan people, spread across different administrative regions, have both maintained some common features and displayed certain differences in language, customs and other aspects. At the same time, they have engaged in frequent political, economic and cultural exchanges with people of other local ethnic groups, and maintained close ties with them, particularly in the economic field, thus sharing the same or similar regional and cultural characteristics with other local peoples.
"Greater Tibet" disrespects China's national conditions. The system of regional ethnic autonomy is one of the basic elements of China's political system. Regional ethnic autonomy means that the minority ethnic groups, under unified state leadership, practice regional autonomy in areas where they live in compact communities and establish their own organs of self-government to exercise their right of autonomy. Ethnic autonomous areas are classified into the three levels of autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties. All ethnic autonomous areas are integral parts of the People's Republic of China. After New China was founded in 1949, in addition to Tibet Autonomous Region, eight Tibetan autonomous prefectures, one Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, one Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture and two Tibetan autonomous counties were set up in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai, while in some Tibetan autonomous prefectures there are autonomous counties of other ethnic minorities.
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