Zhu Fenglian, the second spokeswoman of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office,speaks at a regular news briefing in Beijing on Nov. 27, 2019. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday urged pro-independence secessionists in Taiwan not to make provocative attempts that could lead to historic blunders with catastrophic consequences.

Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the comments at a press briefing when answering questions on recent actions of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force.

Due to the current security situation across the Taiwan Straits, the PLA took necessary actions to safeguard national sovereignty, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office

Due to the current security situation across the Taiwan Straits, the PLA took necessary actions to safeguard national sovereignty, which were also a stern response to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority's provocative attempts to seek "Taiwan independence," Zhu said.

Denying the identity of being Chinese, and banking on foreign support to seek "Taiwan independence" will only lead to historic blunders and catastrophic consequences, Zhu noted.

She warned the DPP authority and secessionists seeking "Taiwan independence" not to underestimate the resolve and will of the people across the Straits to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and not to take the risk of challenging the mainland's preparedness and capabilities on such issues.

Zhu also said it is very dangerous for the DPP to collude with the United States and use military means in its attempts to seek "Taiwan independence."

"We firmly oppose any official exchange and military contact between the United States and Taiwan," she said.

Zhu urged the DPP authority to immediately stop collusion with the United States in any form and do not go further down the dead-end road of seeking "Taiwan independence" and do not drive Taiwan compatriots to disaster.

The DPP authority's moves to bank on foreign support and develop relations with the United States under the pretext of economy and commerce will only plunge Taiwan into a situation where it is further manipulated by the US, and harm the interests of Taiwan compatriots, Zhu said.

Zhu stressed that Taiwan question is China's internal affairs and allows no external interference.

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She urged the US government to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, and prudently and properly handle Taiwan-related issues.

Zhu added that any retrogressive scheme that seeks "economic decoupling" between the mainland and Taiwan is doomed to fail.

Mainland customs data showed the cross-Straits trade volume from January to October totaled US$209.56 billion, up 13 percent year on year.

Taiwan's exports to the mainland and Hong Kong accounted for 43.6 percent of the island's total exports from January to October, according to data from the island.

The data showed the strong resilience of cross-Straits economic and trade cooperation, and any act of "economic decoupling" will be futile, she said.

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With a population of 1.4 billion and a middle-income group of 400 million, the mainland will only open its door wider and provide more cooperation opportunities, Zhu added.