Taiwan 'nationhood' talk only leads it to abyss

Responding to the recent clamor in Taiwan for a new "constitution", Beijing warned on Wednesday that pursuing "jurisprudential independence" with a new "constitution" will only push Taiwan down a "dangerous abyss".

The mainland will "absolutely not sit on our hands looking", said a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office.

There is every sign that, instead of learning the real lesson from their Nov 24 defeat in the island's local elections, hardcore independence seekers in the Democratic Progressive Party are trying to blaze a more radical trail. But their adventure is destined to be fruitless and, as Beijing has admonished, hazardous. Suicidal, to be precise.