TAIPEI - Taiwan condemned China's proposed anti-secession law on Saturday, calling it a move to establish a legal basis to attack the island. Chinese state media said on Friday that Beijing planned to send the draft law for deliberation during a parliament session on Dec. 25-29. It was seen as a move to head off a formal declaration of Taiwan independence from the mainland. "They are looking for a legal basis to invade Taiwan," said Chiu Tai-san, vice chairman and spokesman for the Mainland Affairs Council, which sets policy towards Taiwan's arch-rival. "If they want to punish or invade Taiwan they must have some legal basis to make it okay to attack," Chiu said.
| Dictators and thugs always take care to make sure things look nice and legal. Just wait til "Taiwanese terrorists" "attack a radio station". |
The official Xinhua news agency did not say why China was enacting an anti-secession law instead of the tougher reunification law it had floated earlier. That law would have bound a Chinese leader to order an attack on Taiwan if the island formally declared nationhood. |