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]
