GENEVA, Aug 23 (AFP) - UN experts on racial discrimination on Friday denounced attacks by China on the rights of ethnic minorities particularly the Buddhists in Tibet and the Moslems in Xinjiang.

The 18-member UN committee on the elimination of racial discrimination issued a statement voicing concerns for the lack of legal protection for minority groups across China.

And it singled out reports of the state's destruction of Buddhist temples in Tibet, ruled by Beijing since 1959, as well as mosques in Xinjiang, and called for further information.

The committee also criticised the advantages granted by Beijing to the Han majority aimed at persuading them to move to the autonomous regions in a bid to alter the demographic make-up of the areas.

The experts also denounced discrimination practised by Chinese authorities towards minorities in the workplace, secondary and higher education and the lack of teaching of their own culture and history.

China's expert to the comittee distanced himself from the findings, saying they were based on unconfirmed reports.

Set up in 1969, the committee which had been meeting in Geneva from August 5, is charged with monitoring the implementation of international conventions outlawing racial discrimination.