Plan to alter textbooks slammed

A spokesman from the Chinese mainland has criticized Taiwan authorities for attempting to distort history in textbooks.

Taiwan's history is an organic component of the history of China, but "Taiwan independence" forces are trying to inject their historical view of independence into the younger generation, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a biweekly news briefing on Wednesday.

Ma made the remarks when he was asked to comment on a recent draft by the Taiwan education authority that plans to rewrite its history curriculum to include Chinese history in the chapter on East Asian history.