BEIJING: China slammed Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday (May 20) for his "separatist position" promoting independence, calling it "doomed to fail", state broadcaster CCTV said. "The recent speeches of the leader of the Taiwan region ... continue to adhere to the separatist position of 'Taiwan independence'," Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office, said according to CCTV. Lai, a staunch defender of Taiwan's sovereignty and detested by Beijing, spoke on Tuesday