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'De jure independence' activities threaten stability
(Xinhua/China Daily/Agencies)
Updated: 2006-02-28 13:37
The Chinese mainland said on Tuesday Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's radical
"Taiwan independence" line will bring disaster to the Taiwan
society.
"Chen Shui-bian has obstinately promoted radical 'Taiwan
independence' line and stirred up all-round confrontation and conflict within
Taiwan and across the Taiwan Straits. It will only bring disaster to the Taiwan
society," said a joint statement issued by the Taiwan Work Office of the
Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the
State Council.
"Taiwan independence" runs counter to the mainstream of Chinese history and
current trends of development and it goes against the will and aspiration of the
1.3 billion Chinese people," the statement said. "It is doomed to
fail."
Despite strong opposition from people across the Taiwan
Straits and the international community, Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian has
declared the "National Unification Council" shall "cease to function" and the
guidelines on unification shall also "cease to apply."
Chen didn't use the premeditated word "abolish" but the word "cease." But "it
is just a play of words.
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![A group of people from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council protest in Hong Kong against Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's decision to abolish the island's policy-making body on unification with the Chinese mainland and its 15-year-old guidelines Monday February 27, 2006.[newsphoto]](xin_200203280641082303824.jpg)
A group of people
from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council protest in Hong Kong
against Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's decision to abolish the
island's policy-making body on unification with the Chinese mainland
and its 15-year-old guidelines Monday February 27,
2006.[newsphoto]
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cheat the Taiwan public and the world," says the joint statement.
The "de
jure independence" activities, pushed by Chen through the so-called
"constitutional reform", poses grave threat to peace and stability across the
Taiwan Straits and in the Asia-Pacific region in general.
"The level and
and danger of 'de jure independence' activities, pushed by Chen Shui-bian
through 'constitutional reform', continues to rise," says the joint
statement.
"If his aim is achieved, it will inevitably create intense
tension of cross-strait relations and gravely imperil peace and stability across
the Taiwan Straits and in the Asia-Pacific region in general," says the
statement.
It says to resolutely oppose and check Chen Shui-bian's
activities to push "de jure independence" through "constitutional reform" is the
most important and most urgent task at present.
The mainland also reaffirmed its commitments to Taiwan
compatriots, saying the mainland will make the utmost
efforts with the most sincerity to protect their rights in
any circumstances.
"We'll promote cross-Straits personnel exchanges and economic and cultural
exchanges and advance the process of direct links of mail, shipping and
trade," the statement said
It said the mainland will work with Taiwan compatriots to safeguard and
promote the peaceful and steady development of cross-Straits relations and to
strive for peaceful reunification.
"We resolutely oppose 'Taiwan independence' and will never allow 'Taiwan
independence' secessionist forces to secede Taiwan from the motherland under any
name or by any means," the statement said.
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