BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland
expressed strong opposition to Taiwan's development of nuclear weapons in any
form, a mainland spokesman said here Wednesday.
Yang Yi, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of
the State Council, made the comment at a press conference in response to a
journalist question on Chen Shui-bian's related remark that Taiwan will not
develop nuclear weapons but needs to improve its defense capability.
"We have noticed the related reports," Yang said. "We
are uncompromisingly against Taiwan's development of nuclear weapons or nuclear
weapon capability in any form," he said.
