Beijing has accused Taiwan of “meddling” in the prosecution of 47 opposition activists in Hong Kong, and accused the island’s authorities of plotting to seek independence for the city.
“We are telling [Taiwan’s] Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to stop ... meddling in Hong Kong’s internal affairs and not to continue its erroneous route,” Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO), said in Beijing on Tuesday.
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