China urged the United States to abide by its promises and
continue to oppose any activities of the Taiwan authority aimed at
Taiwan independence, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong
Quan Saturday.
Kong made the remarks when asked to comment on Hong Kong-based
Phoenix TV's exclusive interview with US Secretary of State Colin
Powell on the two questions proposed by Chen Shui-bian for the
March 20 Taiwan referendum.
Chen Shui-bian, in the guise of peace and democracy, goes his
own way to practice so called referendum, disregarding the
essential good of Taiwan people and international objection, Kong
said.
This is a unilateral provocation of the peace and stability of
the Taiwan Straits and impairs relations of the two sides across
the straits, he said, stressing that the essence of the Taiwan
authorities' attempt is to pave the way for a referendum on
independence.
"We firmly opposes Chen's activity to separate Taiwan from
China," Kong stressed.
China has noticed US President George W. Bush's clear stance of
adherence to the one-China policy, abiding by the three Sino-US
joint communiques and opposing any word or activity of the Taiwan
authority to change the status quo of Taiwan, and the US authority
has reiterated this stance several times, he said.
(Xinhua News Agency January 17, 2004)