China News Service, January 11 (Xinhua) Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on the 11th that in the new year, we will resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and resolutely smash the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces' "independence" provocations and external interference attempts. Resolutely safeguard the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation and the vital interests of compatriots on both sides of the strait.

  On the 11th, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press conference.

A reporter asked: In 2022, the DPP authorities will collude with external forces to provoke "independence", and external forces will continue to play the "Taiwan card". What are your expectations for the development of the relevant situation?

How will the mainland continue to effectively contain it?

  In this regard, Ma Xiaoguang said that in 2022, the situation in the Taiwan Strait will continue to be tense and turbulent.

Out of self-interest, anti-China forces in some countries connive and support "Taiwan independence" separatist forces to take risks and provocations, and continue to virtualize and hollow out the one-China principle.

  Ma Xiaoguang said that there is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is a part of China.

The resolution of the Taiwan issue is the Chinese people's own business, and any attempt to separate Taiwan from China is impossible to succeed.

Separation of "Taiwan independence" is doomed to failure, and "relying on foreign countries for independence" will be liquidated.

We urge relevant countries to earnestly abide by the one-China principle, stop sending wrong signals to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, and stop playing with fire on the Taiwan issue.

  In the new year, we will resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, resolutely smash the provocations of "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and external interference attempts, and resolutely safeguard the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation and the vital interests of compatriots on both sides of the strait.