Mainland rips DPP for threatening summit attendees

A spokeswoman on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday criticized Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities for threatening to investigate Taiwan entrepreneurs who expressed their Chinese identity at a recent cross-Strait event, calling their move a betrayal of one's ancestors.

The comments followed an announcement by Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council on Sunday, accusing remarks made by Want Want China Times Media Group of damaging the island's "sovereignty". The council said it would investigate whether the group had collaborated with the mainland and violated regulations.

At the second Cross-Strait Chinese Culture Summit, held on May 28 in Beijing and attended by more than 800 cultural representatives from both sides, Want Want Holdings General Manager Tsai Wang-ting said, "We, as Chinese, should never forget our roots, history and culture."