China, Chen Bihua addresses attempt to undermine cross-strait peace and stability

*Spokesman announces no tolerance or approval for separatist acts *Mailand works toward reunification

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00:00 In China, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council warned that the Taiwan leader

00:04 is sending dangerous signals with alleged independence ideas.

00:08 From Beijing, CGTN partner Jie Ji with the details.

00:15 Chen Binhua, spokesman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, says the leader of

00:20 the Taiwan region of China, Lai Shun-tse, has sent a dangerous signal of seeking Taiwan's

00:26 independence during his speech.

00:28 Chen criticizes Lai's provocations as an attempt to undermine current's "straight peace and

00:34 stability."

00:35 Chen also says that the main aspiration of the island's public opinion is peace and development,

00:41 rather than war and recession, and claims that Lai has ignored public views, adding

00:46 that China's mainland never tolerates or approves of separatist acts of so-called "Taiwan independence"

00:53 in any form.

00:54 At a press conference on Monday, Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China's foreign ministry, also

01:00 said that no matter how the political situation of the island of Taiwan develops, the historical

01:05 and legal reality that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China, as well as the

01:10 historical trend towards the eventual reunification of China, and the inevitability of this process

01:17 will never change.