Chinese Scholars Refute Lee Teng-hui's Separatist Remarks 　　Scholars from the Chinese mainland who are in Guangzhou for a symposium on cross-straits relations met late July 13 evening to refute the separatist remarks of Taiwan's Lee Teng-hui. 　　Lee said on July 9 in an interview with a German radio station reporter that cross-straits relations should be defined as "state-to-state or at least special state-to-state relations" and this was echoed later by other Taiwanese officials, who said that cross-straits talks are "bilateral talks between two states." 　　Jiang Dianming, vice-president of the Taiwan Studies Society, said at the meeting that the separatist remarks are a serious attack on the internationally recognized principle that there is only one China and they run contrary to the wish of the Chinese people for the smooth development of the cross-straits relations. 　　Lee's separatist remarks pose a great threat to the cross-straits relations and the stability of cross-straits situation, Jiang said. 　　Lu Kaixuan, president of the Tianjin Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, said that Lee's remarks match the goals of "Taiwan Independence" supporters and cater to the needs of anti- China forces that hate to see a strong unified China and want to "make the Taiwan issue an international issue." 　　Li Jian, secretary-general of the Cross-strait Transportation Exchange Association, called Lee Teng-hui "a troublemaker" who is disturbing relations across the Taiwan Straits and said that Lee always makes trouble when cross-straits relations have reached a favorable point. Lee's recent separatist remarks show he has made a wrong judgment about the international situation, Li said. 　　Fan Xizhou, director of Xiamen University's Taiwan Research Institute, said that it was regression in cross-straits relations when Lee's remarks were backed by the Taiwan authorities. All the Chinese people around the world should be on guard against such dangerous behavior, he said. 　　The scholars agreed that more relaxed relations across the straits and final reunification of China are unavoidable and that the Chinese people will never lose their determination to guard their country's territorial integrity and sovereignty in spite of Lee's remarks. They asked Lee and the Taiwan authorities to stop their separatist activities immediately and to adhere to the "one China" principle. (Xinhua) HomeNews 1999-07-15 Page4 Full Story in Chinese