On December 1, the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson answered a reporter's question on the "transit" of Lai Qingde, the leader of Taiwan, to the United States. China firmly opposes any form of official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan, firmly opposes the leader of the Taiwan authorities trying to reach the United States under any name and for any reason, and firmly opposes any form of connivance by the United States to support "Taiwan independence" separatists and their separatist acts...