Mainland spokesperson slams Taiwan leader's "independence" remarks

BEIJING, June 23 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Monday slammed a speech made by Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te on Sunday, saying it had exposed Lai's stubborn separatist stance.

The speech, full of lies and deceptions, deliberately distorted and fragmented history, blatantly peddled the fallacy of "Taiwan independence" and tried to piece together grounds for concocting an "independence" narrative, said Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office when responding to a media query. ■