A Taiwan affairs official on Friday said in Beijing that the Dalai Lama’s proposed visit to Taiwan, in the name of “proselytizing” and with the permission of the Taiwan administration, will be extremely harmful for relations across the Taiwan Strait, and will lead to serious after-effects.
Sun Yafu, assistant director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, told a press conference that this move once again unmasked the support of the Taiwan administration for the Dalai Lama’s splittist group and its subversive activities.
The official pointed out that this also showed clearly that the Taiwan administration is insincere about improving the relations across the Taiwan Strait.
He stressed that both Taiwan Province and the Tibet Autonomous Region are inalienable parts of China. Besides, both the Chinese government and the Chinese people have the full determination to safeguard national unity, and any splittism attempt is doomed to failure.
The Taiwan administration will have to take responsibility for any serious after-effects resulting from the Dalai Lama’s visit to Taiwan, the official said.
(Xinhua 03/16/2001)
