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BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- China would
use non-peaceful means and other necessary measures in the event that the
"Taiwan independence" forces should act to cause the fact of Taiwan's secession
from China, said a senior lawmaker here Tuesday.
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| Wang Zhaoguo, vice-chairman of the Standing
Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China, makes
explanations on the draft Anti-Secession Law during the second plenum of
the Third Session of the 10th NPC in the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing March 8, 2005. (Xinhua Photo/Yao Dawei) |
According to the draft Anti-Secession Law, China would also usenon-peaceful
means should major incidents entailing Taiwan's secession from China occur, or
should possibilities for a peacefulr eunification be completely exhausted, said
Wang Zhaoguo, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's
Congress, China's parliament.
Under those circumstances, "the state shall employ non-peacefulmeans and
other necessary measures to protect China's sovereignty and territorial
integrity," Wang told parliament when he made explanations on the draft
Anti-Secession Law.
The Taiwan question is one that is left over from China's civilwar of the
late 1940s. China has said resolving the Taiwan question and accomplishing
China's complete reunification is one of the three historic tasks of the
Communist Party of China and the country.
Over the years China has hoped to develop stronger relations between the
two sides of the Taiwan Straits and promote a peacefulreunification of the
motherland.
In recent years, however, the Taiwan authorities have intensified their
"Taiwan independence" activities aimed at separating Taiwan from China. The
secessionist activities of the "Taiwan independence" forces "gravely threaten
China's sovereign and territorial integrity", Wang told parliament.
He stressed China would refrain from using non-peaceful means.
"Using non-peaceful means to stop secession in defense of our sovereignty
and territorial integrity would be our last resort when all our efforts for a
peaceful reunification should prove futile," Wang said.
He stressed that China has "consistently stood for reunifying the country
through peaceful means...No one is more desirous of achieving a peaceful
reunification than we are."
"So long as there is a glimmer of hope for peaceful reunification, we will
exert our utmost to make it happen rather than give it up," he said.
But Wang stressed no sovereign state can tolerate secession andevery
sovereign state has the right to use necessary means to defend its sovereign and
territorial integrity.
He promised that China shall exert its utmost to protect Taiwancivilians
and foreign nationals in Taiwan should non-peaceful means be used.
"The draft legislation clearly provides that in the event of employing and
executing non-peaceful means and other necessary measures, the state shall exert
its utmost to protect the lives, property and other legitimate rights and
interests of Taiwan civilians and foreign nationals in Taiwan, and to minimize
losses," he said.
"At the same time, the state shall protect the rights and interests of the
Taiwan compatriots in other parts of China in accordance with law."
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