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    Zhang Han, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
The mainland Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday slammed Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te for once again promoting separatist rhetoric and attempting to seek "Taiwan independence" through military means, while expressing appreciation for Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's recent remarks affirming that Taiwan is part of China.
Zhang Han, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks at a regular press conference in response to questions concerning Lai's comments at an event in Kinmen marking the 68th anniversary of the 1958 artillery battle.
The question noted that Lai had once again hyped a "new two-state theory" and called on people on the island to support so-called "national defense, defend the country and safeguard democracy," while advocating for resistance to reunification through military means.
"Lai Ching-te stubbornly adheres to the separatist position of 'Taiwan independence,' continuously spreads fallacies and distortions advocating 'Taiwan independence,' deliberately twists history, and goes all out to hype the so-called 'China threat,'" Zhang said.
Zhang said Lai has continued to incite anti-China sentiment and confrontation and has attempted to "resist reunification by force" and "seek independence by force," pushing Taiwan step by step toward the danger of conflict.
"He is an out-and-out destroyer of peace across the Taiwan Straits and a creator of crises in the Taiwan Straits," Zhang said.
The spokesperson warned Lai and the Democratic Progressive Party authorities that the historical trend toward reunification cannot be stopped and that attempts to seek "independence" through military means would only accelerate their own demise.
Zhang also called on Taiwan compatriots to recognize the deceptive and harmful nature of Lai's separatist provocations, oppose "Taiwan independence" separatism and take concrete actions to safeguard their own security and well-being as well as peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits.
At the same press conference, Zhang also responded to remarks recently made by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim concerning the Taiwan question.
It was reported that Anwar said in a recent interview that Taiwan is part of China, drawing an analogy with a hypothetical situation in which a Malaysian state sought to break away, saying that he would likewise defend the sanctity and unity of his country.
Taiwan's so-called "external affairs authority" subsequently claimed that Anwar's remarks had "belittled Taiwan's sovereignty" and could undermine the confidence of Taiwan businesses considering investment in Malaysia.
"We appreciate the position of relevant countries in upholding the one-China principle," Zhang said.
"There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. There is no such thing as 'Taiwan sovereignty,'" she said.
Zhang accused the DPP authorities of stubbornly adhering to the separatist position of "Taiwan independence," spreading separatist arguments abroad and repeatedly attempting to pressure other countries by invoking trade and investment.
Such behavior, she said, "precisely exposes the essence of their attempt to seek 'independence' through economic means."
。    CANBERRA, Australia -- Ultramarathon runner Pat Farmer ended a 14,400-kilometer (8,950-mile) run at the central Australian sandstone landmark Uluru on Wednesday after a seven-month journey to raise public support for the creation of an Indigenous advocacy body in the constitution.Australians will vote on Saturday at a referendum that would enshrine in the constitution a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament, a mechanism for Indigenous Australians to advise lawmakers on policies that effect their lives.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was at Uluru, which is an Indigenous sacred site also known as Ayers Rock, to welcome the 61-year-old runner’s arrival.Albanese said he had “utter admiration and awe” for Farmer’s commitment for the cause which opinion polls suggest is unlikely to succeed.“No one has done more than this bloke and I am very pleased to welcome him here at Uluru,” Albanese said.Farmer said his first glimpse of the enormous rock rising from the flat Australian wilderness at a distance of 40 kilometers (25 miles) brought a tear to his eye.“I’m glad. Very, very happy to be at this point in time, this point in the world’s time where we start to acknowledge Indigenous communities right around the world and the significance of that culture,” Farmer told reporters.The former lawmaker's run began in Hobart on the island state of Tasmania on April 17 and traversed every Australian state as well as both mainland territories.Uluru has special significance in the campaign to create the Voice as a means of acknowledging Indigenous Australians in the constitution.The Voice was recommended in 2017 by a group of 250 Indigenous leaders who met at Uluru. They were delegates of the First Nations National Constitutional Convention the then-government had asked for advice on how the Indigenous population could be acknowledged in the constitution.Indigenous senator Pat Dodson, the government’s envoy for promoting the Voice, joined the referendum campaign on Wednesday for the first since taking medical leave in April for treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.He said in a National Press Club speech he remained confident that a majority of Australians would vote for the Voice despite polls showing its popularity had slid in recent months.A “No” decision would be a backward step for Australia after the High Court ruled in 1992 that Indigenous Australians had land rights that predated British colonization and after the Australian Parliament apologized to the Indigenous population in 2008 for past injustices, Dodson said.“Do you want to go forward or do you want to go backwards or do you want to do nothing? Do you want to look yourself in the mirror and have pride the next day, or have some doubts and uncertainties and even an increase in shame? ” Dodson asked voters.While recent opinion polls suggest most Australians oppose the Voice, a poll published Wednesday found 59% of Indigenous respondents were in favor.That support had slipped from more than 80% supported suggested by polls published early this year.The latest poll published in The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper was based on an online survey of 420 Indigenous voters between Sept. 22 and Oct. 4. It has a 4.8 percentage point margin of error.Indigenous Australians account for 3.8% of Australia’s population. They have worse outcomes on average than other Australians in a range of measures including health, employment, education, incarceration and suicide rates. Statistically, Indigenous Australians die around eight years younger than the wider community.。

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