Economic Times
Date: 15 Jun, 2016
By: PTI
BEIJING: China today said public mood in the country is against Taiwan’s “independence” and any
“Taiwan independence in any form was a flagrant provocation and would sabotage cross-Strait peace and stability,” An Fengshan, spokesman for Chin’s Taiwan Affairs Office told.
attempt by the island to seek secession will be unsuccessful.
“Taiwan independence in any form was a flagrant provocation and would sabotage cross-Strait peace and stability,” An Fengshan, spokesman for Chin’s Taiwan Affairs Office told media here.
Responding to a question about a recent proposal by some Taiwanese political parties to challenge the one-China provisions with “constitutional amendments”, An said “any attempt to seek secession will be unsuccessful”.
He also rejected a statement by Taiwan’s cross-Strait affairs authority to term the cross-Strait relationship as one among “neighbours”.
“The mainland and Taiwan belong to one China, and compatriots on both sides are a family, not neighbours,” he said.
China claims Taiwan, which broke away from the mainland in 1949, is part of it and opposes any country according diplomatic recognition to Taipei. [FULL STORY]
