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Hong Kong's stock market ended higher Wednesday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 1.68 percent to close at 26,111.84 points.
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index gained 1.86 percent to end at 8,805.6 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index climbed 1.72 percent to end at 4,910.02 points.
Hong Kong stocks close higher Wednesday
A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday lashed out at the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities of China's Taiwan region for serving as an ATM for the United States, warning that the separatist push for Taiwan secession is doomed to fail no matter how many weapons they purchase.
The warning came after Taiwan defense authorities announced that they had signed six major arms procurement deals worth more than 6.6 billion U.S. dollars with the United States.
"We firmly oppose any form of military ties between the United States and China's Taiwan region," Chen Binhua, a spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a press conference in Beijing.
"The DPP authorities, out of their own secessionist political interests, have been acting willingly as an ATM for the U.S. military-industrial complex. Begging for unreliable protection from external forces will only push Taiwan into a more dangerous situation and inflict great sufferings on our compatriots in Taiwan," Chen said.
"We sternly warn the DPP authorities that the reunification of the motherland is an unstoppable historical trend, and no matter how many weapons they purchase, it will not alter the eventual failure of their Taiwan secession attempts," Chen said.
Arms purchase from U.S. won't avert doomed failure of Taiwan secession: mainland spokesperson
