Taiwan Affairs Office Calls on Media to Expose Dangers of Taiwan Independence, MAC Severely Condemns CCP
China's Taiwan Affairs Office called on Taiwanese media to "expose the dangers and harmfulness of Taiwan independence secessionist acts and external interference." In response, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) severely condemned the CCP for interfering with media autonomy, calling it cross-border repression against Taiwan.
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Central News Agency (Reporter Lu Chia-jung, Taipei, 12th) Wu Xi, Deputy Director of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, today called on cross-strait media to "expose the dangers and harmfulness of Taiwan independence secessionist acts and external interference." The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) today severely condemned the CCP for interfering with media autonomy, calling it cross-border repression against Taiwan, and called on media to uphold journalistic professionalism and not cooperate with the CCP's united front tactics against Taiwan.
The "7th Cross-Strait Media Summit" commenced in Beijing on the morning of the 12th. Wu Xi stated in her speech at the conference that Taiwan independence secessionist forces continuously spread false information and malicious rhetoric, inciting anti-China sentiment and creating cross-strait confrontation, severely undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
She also called on cross-strait media professionals to "use truthful reporting and rational discourse to expose the dangers and harmfulness of Taiwan independence secessionist acts and external interference, guiding compatriots across the Strait to strive for maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait."
The Mainland Affairs Council issued a press release today stating that the CCP's summoning of some Taiwanese media to Beijing for "training" and instigating them to "jointly expose Taiwan independence secessionist acts" is essentially demanding Taiwanese media to cooperate with the CCP's cross-border repression against Taiwan, using intimidation tactics of "using Taiwan to control Taiwan" to restrict the freedom of the Taiwanese people.
The MAC mentioned that if attending Taiwanese media cooperate with the CCP as "local collaborators" to punish independence (e.g., cooperating with CCP instructions to abuse press freedom to accuse specific individuals of being Taiwan independence elements, providing personal data of citizens, spreading reward notices, etc.), they will violate the Anti-Infiltration Act, National Security Act, National Intelligence Work Act, and Criminal Code, with the most severe penalty being imprisonment of 7 years or more.
The MAC emphasized that the government supports "healthy and orderly" cross-strait exchanges, but media should uphold professional ethics and mutual dignity, and should not become accomplices in the CCP's cross-border repression and threats to the safety of the Taiwanese people. For any local collaborators who cooperate with the CCP's illegal infiltration and undermine Taiwan's democracy, government agencies will rigorously investigate and prosecute according to law, with no leniency. (Editor: Yang Sheng-ru) 1150512
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The "7th Cross-Strait Media Summit" commenced in Beijing on the morning of the 12th. Wu Xi stated in her speech at the conference that Taiwan independence secessionist forces continuously spread false information and malicious rhetoric, inciting anti-China sentiment and creating cross-strait confrontation, severely undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
She also called on cross-strait media professionals to "use truthful reporting and rational discourse to expose the dangers and harmfulness of Taiwan independence secessionist acts and external interference, guiding compatriots across the Strait to strive for maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait."
The Mainland Affairs Council issued a press release today stating that the CCP's summoning of some Taiwanese media to Beijing for "training" and instigating them to "jointly expose Taiwan independence secessionist acts" is essentially demanding Taiwanese media to cooperate with the CCP's cross-border repression against Taiwan, using intimidation tactics of "using Taiwan to control Taiwan" to restrict the freedom of the Taiwanese people.
The MAC mentioned that if attending Taiwanese media cooperate with the CCP as "local collaborators" to punish independence (e.g., cooperating with CCP instructions to abuse press freedom to accuse specific individuals of being Taiwan independence elements, providing personal data of citizens, spreading reward notices, etc.), they will violate the Anti-Infiltration Act, National Security Act, National Intelligence Work Act, and Criminal Code, with the most severe penalty being imprisonment of 7 years or more.
The MAC emphasized that the government supports "healthy and orderly" cross-strait exchanges, but media should uphold professional ethics and mutual dignity, and should not become accomplices in the CCP's cross-border repression and threats to the safety of the Taiwanese people. For any local collaborators who cooperate with the CCP's illegal infiltration and undermine Taiwan's democracy, government agencies will rigorously investigate and prosecute according to law, with no leniency. (Editor: Yang Sheng-ru) 1150512
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