Mainland condemns DPP lawmakers' proposal to revise Taiwan's cross-Strait regulations

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Sunday warned that secessionists will never be allowed to split Taiwan from China under any name or by any means.

Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the response to a media query regarding a proposal by some Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators in Taiwan to revise the island's regulations on relations across the Taiwan Strait.

The proposal disregards mainstream public opinion in Taiwan and the well-being of Taiwan people, openly challenges the historical and legal fact that Taiwan is part of China, and attempts to alter the status quo that there is only one China in the world and that both the mainland and Taiwan belong to one China, Chen said.

According to Taiwan media reports, the proposal seeks to redefine cross-Strait relations as those between "Taiwan and the People's Republic of China" and delete the wording "prior to national reunification" from the existing regulations.

"This is a naked push for 'de jure Taiwan independence,' a deliberate escalation of cross-Strait tensions, and a serious sabotage of peace and stability across the Strait," Chen said, adding that it fully exposes Lai Ching-te and the DPP as "out-and-out saboteurs of peace, creators of crises, and instigators of war."

The mainland has full confidence and sufficient capability to smash any form of secessionist schemes, he said.

He warned that if secessionists dare to take reckless actions and cross the red line, the mainland will take resolute measures in accordance with the Anti-Secession Law.