Taiwan Leader Making "Dangerous Option": MagazineThe latest issue of the Beijing-based magazine Cross-Straits Relations carried an article accusing the Taiwan leader of making a "dangerous option" with his recent separatist remarks.On August 17 and August 28, the Taiwan leader repeated his statement that reunification is not the only option for Taiwan, and on September 1, he stressed that there are two, three or even an indefinite number of options for the future of Taiwan, according to the article. These remarks have drawn serious attention from in and outside Taiwan and the public opinions put it that the claim that reunification is not the only option means that "Taiwan independence" is also one of the options, which may bring about "unmanageable danger," the article says. While the one-China principle is being accepted by more and more people in Taiwan, the Taiwan leader's option is that one China can not be regarded as a principle and could only be made a topic and an issue to be "dealt with in the future," it says. It also accuses the Taiwan leader of denying the consensus on the one-China principle reached by the two sides of the Taiwan Straits in 1992. The article points out that in fact, the Taiwan leader is refusing to accept the one-China principle and resisting the reunification between the two sides. The article blames the Taiwan leader for his activities to prevent Taiwan business people from investing in the mainland, blocking direct trade, mail and transport services across the straits, delaying the stationing of mainland journalists in Taiwan, sabotaging inter-city exchanges between Kaohsiung of Taiwan and Xiamen of the mainland, turning a deaf ear to the August 28 announcement by a Taiwan-based party to establish the so-called "temporary government of the Taiwan State." On the current military policies of the Taiwan leader, the article notes that some people in Taiwan have feared that his pro-independence activities may lead to an "inevitable crisis of war." It also ridicules the Taiwan authorities' attempts to gain membership of the United Nations and their "dollar diplomacy." In his recent overseas tour in central America and Africa, the Taiwan leader spent 250 million U.S. dollars in exchange for five medals, three live sheep and two live chicken, it says. The article says that what's more dangerous is that the Taiwan leader openly said he would "loudly" say, "Taiwan is a sovereign state," which brings to light his stubborn adherence to the separatist stance of "Taiwan independence." The article reiterates the mainland's constant and clear positions for reunification, its maximal sincerity for the prospects of peaceful reunification, and its firm determination and necessary preparations to stop all separatist activities including "Taiwan independence." The recent separatist remarks by the Taiwan leader are very dangerous and could not help arousing the high vigilance of the entire Chinese people, it warns. |
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