A senior official from the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office reiterated its opposition to Taiwan independence on Wednesday.

The response came in the light of comments made recently by Tsai Ing-wen, the chairwoman of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party during her trip to the United States.

Tsai completed a 12-day trip to the US on Tuesday, during which the DPP candidate for Taiwan's 2016 leadership elections met with US government officials, lawmakers and scholars.