Taiwanese Vice-President Annette Lu Hsiu-lien yesterday chastised singer Chang Hui-mei, who performed in Beijing last Saturday after the mainland lifted a ban.
In a radio station interview, Ms Lu questioned the national identity of the singer, popularly known as A-Mei.
Ms Lu referred to the singer's performance at the inauguration ceremony of President Chen Shui-bian in 2000, where she sang the Taiwanese anthem which triggered a mainland ban and led to protests against her 'pro-independence' stance.
She said A-Mei should have told the mainland that singing the Taiwanese anthem was her duty.
The vice-president suggested A-Mei should refrain from pleasing the mainland in order to win permission to stage concerts in Beijing.
She challenged her over her recent comment that she did not have any political sense. 'How can a person not have political sense?' she asked.
Ms Lu's remarks came after Premier Yu Shyi-kun criticised A-Mei in a reception on Thursday with the local media for 'making some sort of apology' in Beijing over her singing of the Taiwanese anthem in 2000.