BEIJING - A Chinese defense spokesperson on Friday urged relevant countries to abide by the one-China principle and stop sending any wrong signal to the "Taiwan independence" separatists.

Jiang Bin, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks while commenting on a chief-of-staff level war-gaming hosted by a civilian group in Taiwan and attended by former senior military officers of the United States and Japan, as well as a US-Taiwan defense industry forum in Taipei.

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Noting that the Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair, which brooks no external interference, Jiang said whoever emboldens "Taiwan independence" separatists will undermine cross-Strait peace and stability and is bound to get burnt for playing with fire.

"Any scheme to solicit foreign support for 'Taiwan independence' and contain China with Taiwan is doomed to fail," he said.  

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Suppressing ship captain slammed

Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, on Friday voiced strong opposition against manipulation by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities of the judiciary to suppress a ship captain from the mainland.

She made the remarks in response to a media query after a court in Taiwan's Tainan sentenced a mainland ship captain to three years in prison on Thursday on suspicion of causing damage to a submarine cable.

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Noting that damage to underwater cables is a common accident at sea, Zhu said the DPP authorities are deliberately politicizing the case to discredit the mainland and incite cross-Strait tensions.

Zhu further urged the DPP authorities to stop their political manipulation of the accident and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the relevant party.