BEIJING, January 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Any form of Taiwan's

"independence" will not be tolerated, a spokesman for the Taiwan

Work Office under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of

China and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said here

Tuesday.

The spokesman said that when the leader of Taiwan took office,

he promised not to declare "independence" of Taiwan.

However, he has not done this, the spokesman said, adding the

Taiwan leader has pushed forward activities for Taiwan's "

independence" step by step.

Recently, Taiwan's information office stopped using a Chinese

map pattern as its logo. A non-governmental organization was

forced by the Taiwan authorities to omit the word "China" from its

English annual report.

On January 13, the Taiwan leader declared that Taiwan citizens'

travel certificates should have the word "Taiwan" added in English

this year, and referred to it as a gift to the organizations for

Taiwan's "independence".

These activities, together with the separatist policies in the

cultural, historical, educational and communication fields, are

aimed at creating favorable conditions for Taiwan's "independence",

said the spokesman.

He said that any form of Taiwan's "independence" will not be

tolerated. If the Taiwan authorities continue to push forward

their process of the "gradual independence of Taiwan", the

relationship between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits will be

strained and the Taiwan authorities will have to take the

unpleasant consequences.  Enditem