Occupy Central playing with fire by meeting DPP, mainland media warns
Meeting of movement leader and Taiwan 'separatist' could bring chaos and provoke Beijing to act to ensure stability, state media warn
Mainland media have warned Occupy Central activists they are "playing with fire" after one of the movement's organisers met a Taiwanese politician seen by Beijing as an advocate of independence for the island.
They said co-operation with "separatist forces" could bring chaos to Hong Kong and provoke sterner measures from Beijing to maintain stability.
A leader of the civil-disobedience, pro-democracy movement met the former chairman of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party, Shih Ming-teh, in Taipei on Saturday.
An editorial in the state-run yesterday urged the pan-democrats to act constructively and not join hands with Taiwanese independence forces to become Beijing's enemy.
"The co-operation between these two groups of people might bring massive chaos to the city and would force the central government to adopt sterner measures to maintain the stability of Hong Kong," the editorial declared.
Communist Party mouthpiece the also published a commentary in its overseas edition yesterday, saying the pan-democrats were "playing with fire".
Pro-establishment lawmakers issued a joint statement on Wednesday attacking the Reverend Chu Yiu-ming - a co-founder of the Occupy movement - Labour Party leader Lee Cheuk-yan and Alliance for True Democracy convenor Joseph Cheng Yu-shek for meeting Shih.
