Tibet's Sovereignty

As I was going through some old notes this afternoon, I came across this article which I had copied down last year as an example of how non-officialised information is transmitted throughout China via P2P and blogs.

Professor Ge Jianxiong from Fudan:

"If "China" means the land of the Tang Dynasty, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, which was ruled by Tubo/Tufan (吐蕃), does not count. Tubo/Tufan was a sovereignty independent of the Tang Dynasty. At least it was not administered by the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, there would have been no need for Tang Taizong to marry Princess Wencheng to the Tibetan king; there would have been no need to erect the Tang-Tubo/Tufan alliance tablet. It would be a defiance of history if we claim that since the Tang Dynasty Tibet has always been a part of China - the fact that the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau subsequently became a part of the Chinese dynasties does not substantiate such a claim ... " (From Letters from China blog)

Letters from China also has links to the Chinese article. I've not been able to access the China Review article, but it is still possible to read articles on Netease and QQ. Follow the links if you can read Chinese.

What was interesting at the time I first read these was the appearance of the articles themselves in China where the official line is quite clear about the status of Tibet as a Chinese territory. Now, with recent events in mind, I am more interested in whether Professor Ge has made a reappearance in the news, whether of his own volition or through the general public outing him.