Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun

When asked to comment on Cho Jung-tai, head of the Taiwan island's "executive body," traveling to Japan to watch a baseball game and claiming that the trip was private with no official arrangements, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday that "the person you mentioned harbors sinister intentions," adding that Cho sneaked to Japan in a furtive and clandestine manner to pursue petty and provocative moves seeking "Taiwan independence." Such despicable deeds and schemes are utterly contemptible, Guo said.

Guo said China is highly vigilant against and firmly opposed to Japan's attempt to make moves on the margins on the Taiwan question. 

Japan will pay the price for its connivance of provocation and reckless acts, and it must bear all the consequences arising therefrom, Guo added.

China will take resolute measures to crack down on "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, firmly oppose interference by external forces in the Taiwan question, and firmly safeguard national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, the spokesperson said.


Global Times