lennart
26-03-04, 15:58
Taiwan's election body has formally confirmed that Chen Shui-bian won last week's presidential race, as protests against the result gathered pace.
Opposition activists stormed the election body's offices and broke windows, raising tensions ahead of a large march planned for Saturday.
China issued its strongest statement on the uncertainty triggered by the extremely close result.
It said it would not "sit and watch" if the situation spiralled out of control.
"The mainland side will not sit and watch and do nothing if the post-election situation in Taiwan goes out of control, leading to social turmoil, endangering the lives and property of our Taiwan flesh and blood brothers and harming stability across the Taiwan strait," Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office said in a statement.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3570531.stm
Dus wanneer het uit de hand loopt in Taiwan zal China op humanitaire gronden gaan ingrijpen. De Taiwanezen kunnen maar beter goed opletten op Chinese agent provocateurs in hun midden.
Opposition activists stormed the election body's offices and broke windows, raising tensions ahead of a large march planned for Saturday.
China issued its strongest statement on the uncertainty triggered by the extremely close result.
It said it would not "sit and watch" if the situation spiralled out of control.
"The mainland side will not sit and watch and do nothing if the post-election situation in Taiwan goes out of control, leading to social turmoil, endangering the lives and property of our Taiwan flesh and blood brothers and harming stability across the Taiwan strait," Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office said in a statement.
(...)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3570531.stm
Dus wanneer het uit de hand loopt in Taiwan zal China op humanitaire gronden gaan ingrijpen. De Taiwanezen kunnen maar beter goed opletten op Chinese agent provocateurs in hun midden.