China's 10 Cross-Strait Measures: DPP Says They Divide Taiwan and Influence Year-End Elections
China announced 10 policy measures toward Taiwan, including the resumption of individual travel for residents of Shanghai and Fujian provinces and the opening of fishery and agricultural products, after KMT Chairman Cheng Li-wen visited mainland China from the 7th to the 12th and met with CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping. The DPP criticized these measures as a "united front tactic" aimed at dividing Taiwanese society and influencing the year-end elections.
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Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Cheng Li-wen visited mainland China from the 7th to the 12th and held talks with CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council today authorized the release of 10 policy measures, including promoting trial individual travel for residents of Shanghai and Fujian provinces to Taiwan, and opening up fishery and agricultural products.
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) issued a press release, with Lee Kun-cheng stating that whether it's mainland students, tourists coming to Taiwan, or Taiwanese agricultural and fishery products, or goods going to China, the CCP has always "banned when it wants to ban, and stopped when it wants to stop." Cross-strait economic and personnel exchanges are entirely at the whim of China's top leader Xi Jinping, who frequently uses political factors to coerce Taiwan economically and trade-wise, showing no "goodwill" whatsoever.
Lee Kun-cheng pointed out that whether it's tourism, agricultural and fishery products, youth, or cultural exchanges, these have been damaged solely due to the CCP's unilateral restrictions and threats, or its deliberate imposition of political preconditions and united front tactics.
He said that the CCP is unreasonable, treating cross-strait exchanges as "united front bargaining chips" and "pressure weapons," showing no goodwill towards Taiwan at all. It is clearly just trying to use the dictator's "imperial blessings" to increase future tools for united front work and pressuring Taiwan, and further intends to divide Taiwanese society and intervene to influence the year-end elections. Taiwanese people will not be fooled again.
Lee Kun-cheng reiterated that the DPP has never opposed various civilian exchanges and supports healthy and orderly interactions across the strait based on the principles of "equality and dignity," but these should not be built on various preconditions, nor should students and youth be used as tools for united front work.
Lee Kun-cheng called on the Chinese government to abandon its tactics of dividing and enticing Taiwanese political parties. Instead of continuing to use the old tricks of "united front + coercion," it should face the existence of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and engage in dialogue with Taiwan's democratically elected and legitimate ruling party government as soon as possible. Only then can genuine goodwill be shown and a positive cross-strait interaction truly begin. (Editors: Lin Ke-lun, Yang Kai-xiang) 1150412
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) issued a press release, with Lee Kun-cheng stating that whether it's mainland students, tourists coming to Taiwan, or Taiwanese agricultural and fishery products, or goods going to China, the CCP has always "banned when it wants to ban, and stopped when it wants to stop." Cross-strait economic and personnel exchanges are entirely at the whim of China's top leader Xi Jinping, who frequently uses political factors to coerce Taiwan economically and trade-wise, showing no "goodwill" whatsoever.
Lee Kun-cheng pointed out that whether it's tourism, agricultural and fishery products, youth, or cultural exchanges, these have been damaged solely due to the CCP's unilateral restrictions and threats, or its deliberate imposition of political preconditions and united front tactics.
He said that the CCP is unreasonable, treating cross-strait exchanges as "united front bargaining chips" and "pressure weapons," showing no goodwill towards Taiwan at all. It is clearly just trying to use the dictator's "imperial blessings" to increase future tools for united front work and pressuring Taiwan, and further intends to divide Taiwanese society and intervene to influence the year-end elections. Taiwanese people will not be fooled again.
Lee Kun-cheng reiterated that the DPP has never opposed various civilian exchanges and supports healthy and orderly interactions across the strait based on the principles of "equality and dignity," but these should not be built on various preconditions, nor should students and youth be used as tools for united front work.
Lee Kun-cheng called on the Chinese government to abandon its tactics of dividing and enticing Taiwanese political parties. Instead of continuing to use the old tricks of "united front + coercion," it should face the existence of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and engage in dialogue with Taiwan's democratically elected and legitimate ruling party government as soon as possible. Only then can genuine goodwill be shown and a positive cross-strait interaction truly begin. (Editors: Lin Ke-lun, Yang Kai-xiang) 1150412