China Hits Back at Taiwan Leader – BBC

From BBC News:

A Chinese government spokesman has accused Taiwan’s president of trying to ruin ties with the mainland.

President Chen Shui-bian, whose party favours Taiwanese independence, used his New Year speech to insist that the island was not part of China.

But a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing hit back, saying China would be “vigilant to any secessionist moves.”

China sees Taiwan as part of its territory.[Full Text]