The crazier "Taiwan independence" moves, the tighter anti-secession noose: Mainland spokesperson

Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, gestures at a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Pan Xu)

BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson warned on Wednesday that the crazier the "Taiwan independence" moves, the tighter the anti-secession noose.

Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks in response to a media inquiry about the two individuals newly added to its list of die-hard "Taiwan independence" secessionists.

"Taiwan is China's Taiwan," Zhu reiterated, noting that those seeking "Taiwan independence" and undermining cross-Strait relations will be punished by all necessary measures and held accountable for life in accordance with the law.

The 17 strategies rolled out by Lai Ching-te, leader of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities, and designed to counter so-called threats from the mainland, completely run counter to the mainstream public opinion in Taiwan, which favors peace, development, exchanges, and cooperation, the spokesperson said.

The recent moves by the DPP authorities are sinister in intent, aimed at further creating a climate of "green terror" and seeking "Taiwan independence," Zhu said, adding that these despicable acts are bound to be opposed and doomed to fail.

Responding to another inquiry on Lai's slander on the mainland, the spokesperson said that attacking and smearing the mainland and playing up cross-Strait confrontation is a usual trick used by the DPP ahead of every election on the island to seek political self-interest.

Such malicious intentions cannot deceive the Taiwan people and will inevitably be despised by them, she added. ■