Chen Shui-bian to pay dear price for desperate throw of dice

Source: Xinhua | 03-04-2008 12:55

BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Chen Shui-bian and Taiwan authorities are destined to pay a dear price if they stubbornly take the dangerous path of "Taiwan independence" and make a desperate throw of dice, a parliament spokesman warned here Tuesday.

Jiang Enzhu, spokesman for China's top legislature's annual session, told a press conference that the so-called "referendum on UN membership" pursued by the Chen Shui-bian authorities is a grave step in seeking "de jure independence" of Taiwan and will seriously harm the peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and the Asia Pacific region.

"Safeguarding peace across the Taiwan Straits has been the most important and most urgent task for the compatriots on both sides of the Straits," he said.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei