BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland on
Wednesday warned it would take "necessary measures" if "Taiwan independence"
forces continued to push their activities.
If "Taiwan independence" forces clung to their
course, the mainland "will definitely take necessary measures to safeguard state
sovereignty and territorial integrity and protect our nation's core interests",
said Yang Yi, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
The priority is to prevent the Taiwan authorities,
headed by Chen Shui-bian, from promoting a "referendum" on Taiwan's bid to enter
into the United Nations, and fight secessionist actions for "de jure
independence", Yang said.
"We will never compromise on the issue of secession
and never accept 'Taiwan independence'," he said at a press conference.
Yang also expressed strong opposition to Taiwan's
development of nuclear weapons, in response to a journalist's question on Chen
Shui-bian's remark that Taiwan would not develop nuclear weapons, but needed to
improve its defense capability.
"We have noticed the reports," Yang said. "We are
uncompromisingly against Taiwan's development of nuclear weapons or nuclear
weapon capability in any form."
The report to the 17th National Congress of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) by Hu Jintao set the tone for the mainland's
policies on Taiwan, Yang said.
"We will never waver in our commitment to the
one-China principle, never abandon our efforts to achieve peaceful
reunification, never change the policy of placing our hopes on the people of
Taiwan and never compromise in our opposition to the secessionist activities
aimed at 'Taiwan independence'," he quoted Hu's report as saying.
In his report, Hu for the first time talked about a
peace agreement across the Taiwan Strait, calling for discussion of a formal end
to the state of hostility between the two sides on the basis of the one-China
principle.
The mainland is willing to talk with any political
party in Taiwan that agrees that both sides of the Strait belong to one and the
same China, Yang said.
The mainland will also continue working on issues
concerning the interests of Taiwan compatriots, including promoting trade,
charter flights and tourism across the Strait, he said.
Mainland against Taiwan's development
of nuclear weapons in any form
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.
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Mainland hopes to restore
cross-Straits talks under 1992 Consensus
BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland hopes to
resume talks across the Taiwan Straits based on the 1992 Consensus highlighting
the one-China principle, said a mainland official here Wednesday.
"We haven't changed our stance to stick to the 1992
Consensus, say no to 'Taiwan independence,' seek stability and peaceful
development across the Straits and protect the interests of people on both
sides," said Yang Yi, the spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State
Council. Full story
Mainland remains committed to
promoting coss-Strait tourism
BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland will
continue to push Taiwan to allow mainland residents to visit the island despite
the deadlock in cross-strait tourism negotiation, a mainland official said on
Wednesday.
"To allow mainland tourists to visit Taiwan is our
established policy...And we will, as always, continue to push for the early
realization of it," Yang Yi, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State
Council, said. Full story
Official: Spying on Chinese mainland will be
punished
BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- All activities aimed at
harming the Chinese mainland will be punished, said a Chinese mainland official
in Beijing on Wednesday, in response to a question from a Taiwanese journalist
about the alleged detention of a Taiwanese person by the Chinese mainland
authorities on Internet spy charges.
Spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State
Council Yang Yi said Taiwan's intelligence agencies have been spying on mainland
China on a large scale through the Internet over the past few years, which "has
resulted in serious consequences." Full story
