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BEIJING,
Oct. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- A spokesman for China's central authorities said here
Wednesday that Taiwan regional leader Chen Shui-bian's "easing tension" remarks
in his Oct. 10 speech are false words.
"Facts have fully shown that Chen Shui-bian puts on
shows of trying to ease tension, but what he is really doing is to promote
'Taiwan independence'," said Zhang Mingqing, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs
Office of the State Council, China's cabinet, at a press conference Wednesday
morning.
Zhang said since May, Taiwan authorities led by Chen
Shui-bian has been gradually escalating "Taiwan independence" separatist
activities both in Taiwan and internationally. He listed some of these
activities as:
-- Try to separate Taiwan from China through the
so-called "constitutional reform".
-- Try to reduce the prominence of China in the
official title of Taiwan.
-- Continue to push activities of making Taiwan join
the United Nations.
-- Speed up arms purchase and even clamor for war
with the motherland.
"Chen Shui-bian claims he has intentions of easing
tension and confrontation across the Strait, but in his speech he obstinately
sticks to his stand of 'one country on each side' across the Strait," said the
spokesman. "Moreover, he continues to deny the fact that Taiwan is a part of
China and want only stigmatized and viciously attacked the motherland to fuel
the tension across the Strait."
"He had exposed his lies by himself," the spokesman
said.
Zhang mentioned that Chen Shui-bian preached in his
Oct. 10 speech that "The Republic of China is Taiwan and Taiwan is the Republic
of China."
"This was an open and audacious expression of 'Taiwan
independence'," he said. "It constitutes another grave provocation to the peace
and stability across the Taiwan Strait."
He said while Chen Shui-bian obstinately sticks to
the separatist stand of "one country on each side" across the Strait, the
so-called "jointly face and deal with issues concerning the future of the
cross-Strait relations raised in his speech is meaningless.
"That's purely cheating the Taiwan people and the
international community," said the spokesman.
He said the grave situation across the Taiwan Strait
is due to Chen Shui-bian's intensifying efforts to promote "Taiwan independence"
separatist activities. "Taiwan independence" constitutes the biggest threat to
security across the Taiwan Strait and the Asia-Pacific Region.
He said Chen's separatist activities has aroused
strong indignation among the 1.3 billion Chinese people. Safeguarding national
sovereignty and territorial integrity is the core interest of China. The Chinese
people will by no means allow anybody to separate Taiwan from China in any
means.
Zhang said China's central authorities have
numerously reiterated the intention of achieving peaceful reunification with the
utmost sincerity and the utmost efforts. He said the May 17 statement jointly
issued by the Taiwan Work Office of Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, with approval from
higher authorities,solemnly pointed out that if the Taiwan authorities led by
Chen Shui-bian acknowledge that there's only one China in the world, and the
mainland and Taiwan both belong to one China, and abandon "Taiwan independence"
stand and stop "Taiwan independence" activities, cross-Strait relations will
usher in bright prospects of peace, stability and development.
"Our stand and attitude have not changed in any way,"
he said.
He said the mainland has been repeatedly calling for
early resumption of cross-Strait dialogue and talks on the basis of the
"one-China" principle and shelving political disputes. In 1992, the Association
for Relations across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) ofthe mainland and the Straits
Exchange Foundation (SEF) of Taiwan reached the consensus verbally that "both
sides across the Taiwan Strait adhere to the 'one-China' principle". The fact
allows no denying and cannot be avoided, said Zhang.
"It's our consistent stand and we have reiterated
many times that if the Taiwan authorities acknowledge the '1992 Consensus',
cross-Strait dialogue and talks could be resumed immediately. Thisstand has
never changed," said Zhang.
He said compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan
Strait are blood and flesh brothers. Peace and stability across the Strait
conforms to the interests and aspirations of compatriots on both sides. The
mainland is willing to increase exchanges, cooperation,mutual understanding and
mutual trust with Taiwan compatriots and jointly usher in a mutual benefit and
win-win prospect across the Strait.
He warned that "Taiwan independence" and separatist
activities will undermine peace and stability. Chen's wheeler-dealer pursuit of
"Taiwan independence" will never bring security, stability and prosperity to
Taiwan compatriots, but serious disaster.
He called on the Taiwan compatriots to join the
resolute fight against "Taiwan independence" and safeguard cross-Strait peace.
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