China sanctions Taiwan diehards
A SPOKESPERSON of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee yesterday announced sanctions on “Taiwan independence” diehards on a Chinese mainland list.
In order to safeguard the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and the immediate interests of the people on both sides of the Strait, and resolutely punish “Taiwan independence” diehard elements, it is decided that Bi-khim Hsiao, Koo Lihsiung, Tsai Chi-chang, Ker Chien-ming, Lin Fei-fan, Chen Jiau-hua and Wang Ting-yu are listed as diehard “Taiwan independence” separatists, and punitive measures are imposed on them, as well as Su Tseng-chang, You Si-kun and Jaushieh Joseph Wu, who had already been on the list, said the spokesperson.
They and their family members are banned from entering the mainland and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Their affiliated institutions are restricted from forging cooperation with relevant mainland organizations and individuals. The firms related to them, as well as their sponsors, are prohibited from engaging in profit-making activities on the mainland.
Sanctions are also imposed on the president of the “Taiwan Foundation for Democracy,” and the secretary general of the “International Cooperation and Development Fund.” They are banned from entering the mainland, and Hong Kong and Macau, said the spokesperson. You is the chairman of the “Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.” Wu is the chairman of the “International Cooperation and Development Fund.”
Actions seeking “Taiwan independence” constitute the biggest obstacle to China’s reunification and a grave danger to the national rejuvenation. For some time, a few diehard separatist elements, out of their own interests, have gone to great lengths to collude with external forces in provocations advocating “Taiwan independence.”
They have deliberately instigated confrontations across the Taiwan Strait, and recklessly undermined peace and stability in the region. Their activities became all the more egregious during the visit by
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to China’s Taiwan region, further exposing their obstinate nature in seeking “Taiwan independence,” the spokesperson pointed out.
The Chinese mainland will never tolerate any kind of activity to split the country, will never allow any external force to interfere in its national reunification, and will leave no room for separatist activities seeking “Taiwan independence” in any form, said the spokesperson.
China’s reunification is a historical trend and the right path, while “Taiwan independence” goes against the tide of history, and it is a path to nowhere, the spokesperson insisted.