(ANSA) - BEIJING, MARCH 05 - Taipei "once again calls on China to face the fact that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are not affiliated with each other and to respect the Taiwanese people's adherence to freedom and democracy" .
This is the response of the Mainland Affairs Council, the Taiwanese office that deals with relations with Beijing, regarding the statements of Chinese premier Li Keqiang who, in his opening speech at the National People's Congress, assured that the communist leadership will put in place "measures resolute" against the island's attempts at independence and that China will promote the process of "peaceful reunification".
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