Speech on Taiwan independence ‘distorts facts’

BEIJING: A Chinese mainland spokesman has slammed a recent speech by Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen, saying the address advocated “Taiwan independence”, incited confrontations with the mainland and distorted facts.

Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that under the guise of so-called consensus and unity, Tsai had on Sunday attempted to kidnap public opinion in Taiwan and collude with foreign forces for her purpose of “independence”.In terms of the current cross-Straits relations, Tsai said her position remained the same in “maintaining the status quo”, but she would not bow to “pressure”.