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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday China will never allow
anyone to separate Taiwan from the motherland by any means, while
striving for peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity and
greatest efforts.
Wen said he would like to have his message taken to Taiwanese
compatriots that there is only one China in the world, and the
Taiwan Straits can never sever the "blood relations" shared by
Chinese both on the mainland and in Taiwan.
The mainland will strive to maintain stability across the
Straits with the utmost efforts and push for direct mail service,
trade, air and shipping services across the Straits, as well as
cross-Straits economic, cultural and personnel exchanges, the
premier said at a press conference after the close of the national
legislature's annual session.
The mainland will strive for an early resumption of
cross-Straits dialogue and negotiations under the one-China
principle and for the eventual peaceful reunification of the
motherland, the premier said.
Wen said the referendum scheduled for March 20 in Taiwan, which
is sponsored by the Taiwan authorities for Taiwan independence
under the pretext of democracy, poses a threat to stability across
the Taiwan Straits, and challenges the universally acknowledged
one-China principle.
The premier said he appreciated the international opposition to
the referendum, and the open statement on the one-China principle
made by the international community, including the United States,
is conducive to maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan
Straits.
"I hope the United States and other countries would honor their
commitment to the one-China principle, and make due contribution to
maintaining stability across the Taiwan Straits and to China's
peaceful reunification," Wen said.
The Taiwan issue, left over from China's civil war, is the
internal affairs of China, and will eventually be resolved by the
Chinese people on their own, said the premier.
China has sovereignty over Taiwan, which has been recognized by
the international community, he said.?
(Xinhua News Agency March 14, 2004)
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