Mainland slams Lai Ching-te for escalating cross-Straits tensions

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Thursday said that no one or force can stop China's reunification while slamming Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te's latest separatist remarks.

Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks in response to Lai's speech in Taipei on October 10 that contained references to cross-Straits ties.

Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, makes remarks on Thursday in Beijing. /State Council Taiwan Affairs Office

Lai's speech continued to propagate the new "two states" theory and fabricate "Taiwan independence" fallacies, Chen said. The mainland spokesperson added that it clearly demonstrates Lai's stubborn adherence to a "Taiwan independence" stance, is filled with confrontational thinking, continuously provokes and stirs up trouble, and deliberately creates tensions across the Taiwan Straits, severely undermining peace and stability.

Noting that the future of the Taiwan region lies in national reunification, Chen said that Lai's speech can't change Taiwan's legal status as a part of China or the fact and status quo that both sides of the Taiwan Straits belong to one China.

(With input from Xinhua)