Mainland pays close attention to Taiwan separatists' activities

    BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese mainland is following closely the independence activities of Taiwan authority leader and will take measures to cope with the possible complicated situation,an official said here on Friday.

    "We are following closely the development of the affairs, and are ready to deal with any possible complex situation at any time," said Li Weiyi, the spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, at a regularly scheduled news conference. Full story

Countries urged to be alert to "Taiwan Independence" forces

    BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- China hopes relevant countries alert themselves to the "dangerous" actions of "Taiwan independence" forces, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Thursday.

    Liu made the remarks in response to a question concerning China's stance on the United States' opposition to Chen Shui-bian's intention to abolish the "National Unification Council". Full story

Chen's move hurts cross-Straits peace

    BEIJING, Feb. 25 -- If you want to know how an immoral and irresponsible politician behaves, just look at Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian.

    Nearly six years in power, he has been pursuing interests for himself and his pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) at the cost of Taiwan people's fundamental needs and rights. Full story

Mainland to keep close watch on Taiwan separatists' activities

    BEJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Taiwan authority leader's activities to promote the abolishing of Taiwan's "National Unification Council" and "National Unification Guideline" are a dangerous sign of escalation of Taiwan separatists' activities, said a senior Chinese mainland official Wednesday.

    Chen said if the Taiwan authorities insist on the activities of abolishing of Taiwan's "National Unification Council" and the "National Unification Guideline", the cross-Straits relations would be severely destroyed and the fundamental interests of the Taiwan compatriots will be damaged. Full story

DPP should not deny existence of "1992 Consensus": KMT chairman

    BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Ma Ying-Jeo, chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party in Taiwan, said on Thursday that the two sides across the Taiwan Straits did reach a consensus in 1992 to accept the one-China principle, which is a fact that cannot be denied, according to media reports reaching here from Taipei.

    Ma said the "1992 Consensus" did exist, and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which now leads the Taiwan authorities, may disagree with the spirit of the consensus, but should not deny the fact that there exists such a consensus. Full story