Taiwan's next president: ”Taiwan and Japan share a common destiny”… China criticizes ”using foreign countries to seek independence”

The Chinese government has strongly criticized Lai Ching-te, who will take office as Taiwan's president on the 20th of this month, for saying that "Taiwan and Japan share a common destiny."
According to a report by the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Pao on the 10th, Lai sent a video message at a symposium between lawmakers from both countries held at the Japanese parliament on the 9th.
Throughout the speech, he presented his theory of a community of shared destiny, stating, "I believe that there is an invisible thread that tightly ties the two countries, which have deep ties in the fields of history, geography, economics, and politics."
He continued, "I hope that our two countries will continue to care for and support each other, grow together, and become trustworthy partners," and added, "At the presidential inauguration ceremony on the 20th of this month,
"I hope that many members of this Congress will attend," he said. In response to Lai's remarks, he said, "We will join the United States in strengthening our solidarity with Japan, which is tightening its grip on China through its Indo-Pacific strategy."
In response to this statement, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a regular press conference on the same day, "The Taiwanese ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), is fundamentally a party that does not curry favor with Japan.
"They have the intention of selling off Taiwan and using foreign powers (the United States and Japan) to try to gain independence," he said.