China’s high diplomat warned that any steps in direction of Taiwan’s independence could be “harshly punished”, after the self-ruled island selected pro-sovereignty candidate William Lai Ching-te as president. China was in opposition to William Lai and mentioned repeatedly that he’s a harmful separatist however Taiwan voters defied all calls delivering a cushty victory for him.

Beijing claims Taiwan as its territory and has by no means renounced power to carry it underneath its management. On William Lai’s victory China mentioned that it could not change the “inevitable trend of China’s reunification”.

“If anyone on the island of Taiwan thinks of going for independence, they will be trying to split apart China’s territory, and will certainly be harshly punished by both history and the law,” Wang Yi mentioned, including, “This is a dead end. No matter what the results of the election are, they cannot change the basic fact that there is only one China and Taiwan is a part of it.”

“Taiwan has never been a country. It wasn’t in the past, and it certainly won’t be in the future,” Wang Yi mentioned asserted.

He warned, “seriously threatens the well-being of Taiwan compatriots, seriously harms the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation, and seriously jeopardises peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait region”.