Idea to loan island to US brushed off

Mainland has 'resolve, strength' to defend nation's sovereignty

A think tank's proposal that Taiwan lend Taiping Island in the South China Sea to the United States for military use is very dangerous, a spokesman for the Chinese mainland said on Wednesday.

"Any speech or action that harms Chinese people's interests will be spurned by people from both sides of the Taiwan Straits," said Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office.