At a press conference on November 4, a reporter asked the Taiwan Affairs Office of China’s State Council to comment on a statement by Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council that there was no issue of Taiwan independence, only the question of whether Taiwan would be forced into unification.
Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said there is only one China and that Taiwan is an inseparable part of Chinese territory. She described the complete reunification of China as the shared wish of all Chinese people.
Zhu said actions advocating Taiwan independence were the biggest threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. She accused the Democratic Progressive Party authorities of obstructing exchanges across the Strait and fuelling confrontation.
