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China opposes Taiwan party leader's visit to Japan

Xinhua, September 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Chinese mainland expresses strong concern and firm opposition to Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen's scheduled trip to Japan next month, a spokesman said on Friday.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei called on Japan to adhere to the one-China principle and honor its commitment to China on Taiwan-related issues.

"Japan should refrain from providing platforms for anybody in any name or pretext for spreading Taiwan-independence remarks," Hong said at a regular news briefing.

Taiwan issue concerns China's core interests. Japan has made repeated statements on upholding the one-China policy and not supporting "Taiwan independence" or "UN membership referendum" by Taiwan authorities. Endi