Hong Kong protesters living in Taiwan hold slogans reading ‘Solidarity with Hong Kong Youth. Political Participation Is Not Guilty’ in Taipei on March 2. (AP Photo)
BEIJING China will resolutely deter any separatist activity seeking Taiwan’s independence but is committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and China’s “reunification”, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday.
China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory, has increased its military activity near the island in recent months, responding to what it calls “collusion” between Taipei and Washington, Taiwan’s main international backer and arms supplier.
Speaking at the opening of the annual meeting of China’s parliament, Li said Beijing stands by the “one China” principle, which states that Taiwan is part of China.
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Mainland warns island over moves to amend constitution By ZHANG YI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-02-25 07:39 Share CLOSE Photo taken on July 21, 2019 from Xiangshan Mountain shows the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei,Taiwan. [Photo/Xinhua]
Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman says DPP authorities to blame for tensions
The Chinese mainland will take countermeasures if Taiwan authorities endanger cross-Straits peace and stability by seeking independence through so-called constitutional change, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday.
The island s legislative authority said it will start the process of amending the constitution , including proposals to delete national unity and change expressions about territory and the national name .
Flowery rhetoric dominates Taiwan-China exchange on cross-strait ties
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New Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) head Chiu Tai-san
Taipei, Feb. 24 (CNA) The top offices responsible for cross- Taiwan Strait policy on both sides aired their grievances in uncharacteristically vivid and idiomatic terms this week, led by the new head of Taiwan s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC).
In his inaugural speech as director of the MAC, former Justice Minister Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) on Tuesday pledged to do his best to improve relations between Taiwan and China, saying the two sides should share the the blossoming of flowers in the warmth of spring.
However, when asked after the speech about the controversy over an informal cross-strait agreement known as the 1992 consensus, Chiu said China has tried to reinterpret the consensus in ways that are not acceptable to the Taiwanese public, but he did not elaborate.