DPP: 10 Measures to Benefit Taiwan Are Cut-and-Paste of Old Policies; Continuous Military Threats Render Goodwill Untrustworthy
Taiwan's DPP criticized China's new "10 Measures" as a repackaging of past policies and a united front tactic, arguing that China's ongoing military harassment makes any "goodwill" gestures lack credibility.
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The Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) China Affairs Department issued a Facebook post today pointing out that since 2018, China has successively introduced measures such as the "31 Measures to Benefit Taiwan" (2018), "26 Measures to Benefit Taiwan" (2019), "22 Measures on Agriculture and Forestry" (2021), and "21 Measures for Fujian to Explore Cross-Strait Integrated Development" (2023), accumulating a total of 100 measures. The recent "New 10 Measures" are merely cut-and-pasted and repackaged from existing policies. The so-called "newness" actually indicates that these past "benefit Taiwan" policies have either been completely unfelt in reality or merely empty promises with no substantive benefits.
The DPP's China Affairs Department stated that most of these policies were not implemented in the past, and it has long been proven that their profit-generating effects are limited. Launching them now in a repackaged format after the "Zheng-Xi Meeting" is not a policy upgrade, but a reprocessing of united front rhetoric. The essence of such manipulation is to create a "false illusion of favorable news" through information packaging, attempting to influence the cognitive perception of Taiwanese society.
The DPP's China Affairs Department pointed out that the crucial reason for the difficulty in cross-strait exchanges lies in China's long-standing practice of tying exchanges to politics. Whether it is the "1992 Consensus" or "opposing Taiwan independence," these conditions are all demands for Taiwan to accept its political framework.
The DPP's China Affairs Department said that what is more alarming is that China has repeatedly used economy, trade, and exchanges as political tools in the past, and could suspend, restrict, or even sanction specific Taiwanese industries at any time. These precedents clearly show that "favorable policies" are not stable and can instead be transformed into tools of oppression.
The DPP's China Affairs Department emphasized that any policy without institutional guarantees and lacking predictability carries high risks and should not be seen as a genuine benefit. At the same time, the successful international markets that have been worked hard to develop in recent years should not be easily abandoned.
The DPP's China Affairs Department noted that regarding issues requiring cross-strait negotiation, such as the restoration of cross-strait flight routes, the opening of tourism, and Chinese students coming to Taiwan, the Taiwanese government has long expressed through public channels and existing mechanisms that institutionalized negotiations should be conducted. However, the Chinese side has long been unwilling to respond positively.
Furthermore, the DPP's China Affairs Department pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party has always adopted a "two-pronged strategy" toward Taiwan: releasing economic and exchange signals on the one hand, while continuously harassing Taiwan with military aircraft, warships, and coast guard vessels on the other. Under the circumstance of continuous military threats, "goodwill" lacks basic credibility. The DPP's China Affairs Department called on China to immediately stop its military oppression and gray-zone actions against Taiwan; otherwise, any policy declarations would be difficult to be seen as sincere. (Editor: Su Chih-tsung) 1150419
The DPP's China Affairs Department stated that most of these policies were not implemented in the past, and it has long been proven that their profit-generating effects are limited. Launching them now in a repackaged format after the "Zheng-Xi Meeting" is not a policy upgrade, but a reprocessing of united front rhetoric. The essence of such manipulation is to create a "false illusion of favorable news" through information packaging, attempting to influence the cognitive perception of Taiwanese society.
The DPP's China Affairs Department pointed out that the crucial reason for the difficulty in cross-strait exchanges lies in China's long-standing practice of tying exchanges to politics. Whether it is the "1992 Consensus" or "opposing Taiwan independence," these conditions are all demands for Taiwan to accept its political framework.
The DPP's China Affairs Department said that what is more alarming is that China has repeatedly used economy, trade, and exchanges as political tools in the past, and could suspend, restrict, or even sanction specific Taiwanese industries at any time. These precedents clearly show that "favorable policies" are not stable and can instead be transformed into tools of oppression.
The DPP's China Affairs Department emphasized that any policy without institutional guarantees and lacking predictability carries high risks and should not be seen as a genuine benefit. At the same time, the successful international markets that have been worked hard to develop in recent years should not be easily abandoned.
The DPP's China Affairs Department noted that regarding issues requiring cross-strait negotiation, such as the restoration of cross-strait flight routes, the opening of tourism, and Chinese students coming to Taiwan, the Taiwanese government has long expressed through public channels and existing mechanisms that institutionalized negotiations should be conducted. However, the Chinese side has long been unwilling to respond positively.
Furthermore, the DPP's China Affairs Department pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party has always adopted a "two-pronged strategy" toward Taiwan: releasing economic and exchange signals on the one hand, while continuously harassing Taiwan with military aircraft, warships, and coast guard vessels on the other. Under the circumstance of continuous military threats, "goodwill" lacks basic credibility. The DPP's China Affairs Department called on China to immediately stop its military oppression and gray-zone actions against Taiwan; otherwise, any policy declarations would be difficult to be seen as sincere. (Editor: Su Chih-tsung) 1150419