Scholar: China's Taiwan-Benefiting Policies are Old Tunes, Economic Inducements Mask Military Deterrence

Taipei, April 13 (CNA) Chang Chun-hao, director of the Political Science Department at Tunghai University, pointed out today on the DPP's live program "Wu Qing LIVE" that the multiple cross-strait policy measures announced yesterday by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee are mostly "old tunes," and are in fact a united front tactic by the CPC to mask military deterrence with economic inducements.

The DPP issued a press release stating that DPP spokesperson Wu Cheng said on the DPP's live program "Wu Qing LIVE" that China's quarantine system for agricultural and fishery products from Taiwan has extremely low transparency, and its core is often not professional review but political manipulation. In the past, Taiwanese businesses that brought technology and capital to China often suffered from the opponent's subsidy policies, and even faced the dilemma of trapped assets and being unable to advance or retreat.

Chang Chun-hao said that against the backdrop of slowing economic growth in China, encouraging Taiwanese businesses to invest is essentially a "blood transfusion" for it. Even during KMT Chairman Cheng Li-wen's visit to China, the CPC continued unannounced military exercises, and the frequency of military aircraft and ships harassing Taiwan reached a peak, showing that "benefiting Taiwan" and "peace" are merely packaging for a soft and hard approach.

Chang Chun-hao questioned that Cheng Li-wen's remarks not only failed to speak for Taiwan but also fully echoed the Chinese side's narrative. In the past, former President Ma Ying-jeou still called Chinese leader Xi Jinping "Mr. Xi," but Cheng Li-wen now calls him "General Secretary Xi," and her rhetoric is completely in sync with the Chinese side, which may mislead the international community and put Taiwan in a geopolitical predicament. (Editor: Su Chih-tsung) 1150413