Westerners need to know more about "the reality of Tibet" and the fact that it was a "slave society over 60 years ago", French Ambassador to China Herve Ladsous said in Beijing on Friday.

He reiterated that France has never supported "Tibet independence" since Beijing and Paris established diplomatic ties in 1964.

"It has been consistent with our policy that there is only one China and Tibet is an integral part of the People's Republic (of China)," Ladsous told China Daily.