Chinese Americans Condemn Chen's Pro-independence Statements

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Chinese Americans Condemn Chen's Pro-independence Statements

Leading figures from Chinese American communities in the United States western state of California have strongly condemned the pro-independence statements by Taiwan leader, Chen Shui-bian.

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Leading figures from Chinese American communities in the United States western state of California have strongly condemned the pro-independence statements by Taiwan leader, Chen Shui-bian.

On Saturday, in a speech to an overseas Taiwanese association in Tokyo, Japan, Chen called for a referendum on Taiwan's future and destiny on an appropriate occasion, and stated that "each sideis a country."

Chen's comments were "ridiculous because they clearly violated the current Taiwan constitution that Chen inherited when he took power two years ago, which clearly supports the island's reunification with the mainland," said Wang Chung, Executive Director of the Institute of Sino Strategic Studies, based in Los Angeles.

Wang, who came from Taiwan, noted that Chen had actually been consistent in promoting Taiwan's independence, although in the past he dared not state his stance so clearly in public.

Wang said that Chen's pro-independence stance was doomed to failure because it ran against the irresistible trend of peaceful reunification of China.

Wei Hongli, Chairman of the Northern California Council for thePromotion of China's Peaceful Reunification, warned that an independence campaign would push Taiwan into disaster and victimize the well-being of more than 23 million people in Taiwan.

Lilia Huiying Li, President of the nonprofit peace forum, ChinaSeminar, issued a strongly worded statement in Los Angeles, warning that Chen 's pro-independence acts could endanger the safety of all Taiwanese.

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