BEIJING - The "Taiwan independence" separatists who have forgotten their roots will inevitably be spurned by the people and condemned by history, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday.

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Noting that Japan imposed colonial rule in Taiwan for half a century and committed innumerable crimes there, Guo said at a regular news briefing that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities have turned a blind eye to Japan's crimes and the evidence, and even brazenly glorified Japan's colonial rule.