Beijing yesterday criticized Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian for his attempt to get Taiwan into the United Nations, calling him a "schemer" and "saboteur" against peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits.
His "Taiwan independence" activities are doomed to failure, said a statement issued by the Taiwan Work Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
It follows a UN rejection of the island authorities' bid to join the world body under the name of Taiwan.
The application was returned by the UN Office of Legal Affairs, according to the UN website. The world body cited a 1971 resolution that insists on the one-China policy, and recognizes the People's Republic of China as lawful representative of China in the UN.
The statement said it has been proved that the international community has widely recognized there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is an integral part of it.
"This has once again proved that Chen Shui-bian is an out-and-out schemer and saboteur who would not hesitate to sacrifice peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits and in the Asia-Pacific," it said.
The Taiwan authorities must shoulder the serious consequences if they continue to turn a deaf ear to the warnings and denouncement of the international community and recklessly move for "Taiwan independence", it said.
Beijing will never allow Taiwan secessionists to separate Taiwan from China in any name or by any means, it said.
Taiwan has applied each year to join the UN since the early 1990s, using "Republic of China" as its official name.
The latest was a second attempt by the island's leader to join the UN under the name of Taiwan. He made a similar request earlier this year, only to be snubbed by the UN Secretariat, which insisted the island's application was a "non-issue".
China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya praised the UN for its rejection of the application on Monday.
Wang said it was absurd for the representatives of some countries, including the Solomon Islands, to submit an application letter on behalf of Taiwan for UN membership.
The immediate return of the application letter from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon last Thursday helped guarantee the solemnity of the UN Charter as well as the authority of the world body, he said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao yesterday also praised the UN for its adherence to the one-China principle.
The bid to join the UN is the latest in a series of moves by Chen to separate Taiwan from China as his final term in office ends early next year.
His secessionist attempt was also opposed by the United States, which sees it as an effort to change the status quo across the Taiwan Straits.
Russia also opposes the "referendum on joining the UN" pushed by the Taiwan authorities and their attempt to join the UN, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko last week.
Source: China Daily
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