Chinese scholars on both sides of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday
slashed Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's attempt to push Taiwan into
the United Nations through a so-called referendum.
The scholars who attended an academic seminar in Kunming,
capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, said the so-called
"referendum" on whether to join the United Nations under the name
of Taiwan marks a step further towards "de jure independence of
Taiwan" promoted by Chen.
The attempt will worsen the relation between the mainland and
Taiwan, they said.
Xu Shiquan, executive vice president of the mainland-based
National Society of Taiwan Studies, said the "referendum" attempt
has posed a most dangerous threat to the peace and stability across
the strait.
Su Minsheng, an advisor to the All-China Federation of Taiwan
Compatriots, said Chen's attempt to push Taiwan into the United
Nations is a scheme to make other countries regard Taiwan as "an
independent sovereign state".
Wang Wu-lang, director general of Taiwan Labor Rights
Association, said the "referendum" will change the status quo
across the Taiwan Strait and violates the Anti-Secession Law.
Any proposal or activity violating the "one China" principle is
against resolution 2758 of the UN General Assembly and is doomed to
fail, Wang said.
Taiwan authorities on July 19 sent a letter to UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, raising an application for joining
the UN in the name of Taiwan.
A spokesperson for Ban said on July 23 that the UN Office of
Legal Affairs had rejected the application for UN membership by
Chen.
The spokesperson said the decision was made in keeping with
resolution 2758 of the UN General Assembly, which determined that
the UN abides by the one-China policy.
(Xinhua News Agency August 2, 2007)