File photo of Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, at a press briefing in Beijing, China. /VCG

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Monday slammed Lai Ching-te, leader of the Taiwan region, for delivering a blatant "Taiwan independence" manifesto aimed at inciting cross-Straits confrontation.

Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks in response to Lai's speech on Sunday.

The speech was rife with lies, deception, hostility and provocation, said Chen. It deliberately distorted and severed history, he said.

Lai peddled separatist rhetoric and the fallacy of "Taiwan independence," attempting to fabricate a patchwork of justifications for his narrative, said Chen.

It served as propaganda to advance his political agenda of the so-called "mass recall" for selfish political gains, the spokesperson said.

This was nothing but a blatant "Taiwan independence" manifesto aimed at inciting cross-Straits confrontation - a jumble of fallacies and heresies riddled with errors and flaws that laid bare his nature as an obstinate advocate of "Taiwan independence," said Chen.

Source: CGTN