{"id":22180,"date":"2018-03-05T18:42:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/china-warns-taiwan-it-will-never-tolerate-any-separatist-schemes\/"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:42:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:42:55","slug":"china-warns-taiwan-it-will-never-tolerate-any-separatist-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/china-warns-taiwan-it-will-never-tolerate-any-separatist-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"China warns Taiwan it \u2018will never tolerate any separatist schemes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China warned Taiwan on Monday that it \u201cwill never tolerate any separatist schemes\u201d amid tensions between the mainland and the self-ruled island.<\/p>\n<p>The government issued the warning in a report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang to the opening of the annual session of the National People\u2019s Congress, the Communist Party-controlled rubber-stamp parliament.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/000_11W3O1.jpg\" alt=\"Premier Li Keqiang\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A live image of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is seen on a screen above delegates as they listen to his speech during the opening session of the National People\u2019s Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2018. Photo: Greg Baker\/AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The report says Beijing will continue to uphold its \u201cone China\u201d principle and promote the \u201cpeaceful growth\u201d of cross-strait relations under the 1992 consensus, which agrees that there is only one country without specifying which is its rightful representative.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing will also \u201cadvance China\u2019s peaceful reunification,\u201d according to the text.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will remain firm in safeguarding China\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and will never tolerate any separatist schemes or activities for \u2018Taiwan independence\u2019,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6qeC-sgaA2g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>China still sees Taiwan as part of its territory awaiting reunification and has cut off official communications with Taipei as President Tsai Ing-wen refuses to acknowledge the democratic island as part of \u201cone China\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>China voiced anger last week after the US Senate passed a Taiwan travel bill to encourage visits between Washington and Taipei \u201cat all levels\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/chrome_2018-01-04_18-02-30-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tsai Ing-wen\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen. Photo: Tsai Ing-wen Flickr.<\/p>\n<p>Washington cut formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1979, recognising the Communist mainland rulers in Beijing as the sole government of \u201cone China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Washington has kept an ambiguous approach to the island, maintaining trade relations and selling weapons to Taipei, further angering Beijing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Not-for-profit, run by journalists and completely independent. Contribute to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/HKFP2018\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">our critical month-long HK$1m Funding Drive<\/a><\/strong>, help safeguard our independence and secure our operations for another year. 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Author: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/author\/afp\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AFP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/2018\/03\/05\/china-warns-taiwan-will-never-tolerate-separatist-schemes\/>Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China warned Taiwan on Monday that it \u201cwill never tolerate any separatist schemes\u201d amid tensions between the mainland and the self-ruled island. The government issued the warning in a report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang to the opening of the annual session of the National People\u2019s Congress, the Communist Party-controlled rubber-stamp parliament. 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