After 13 days of silence issued an ultimatum by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Lai Qingde took a tough attitude and wanted to "fight to the end" with the mainland? Guan Biling was retained and colluded with Lai Qingde. The mainland may go to Kinmen again for talks, and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council will point out the way for the Taiwan authorities. What does it mean that Lai Qingde's attitude is still tough? What kind of signal does the mainland send when it goes to Kinmen for talks again?
More than two months have passed since the "14 February" vicious collision incident, but the two sides of the strait have still not reached a consensus on the follow-up handling of the incident. At a regular press briefing held by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on 10 April, spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian pointed out that the Taiwan authorities had gone back on their word, shirked their responsibilities, and failed to show due sincerity to solve the problem. She also issued an ultimatum to the Taiwan authorities, saying that only by facing the problem squarely and satisfying the reasonable demands of the family members can the matter be properly resolved.
The statement made by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has already made clear the attitude of the mainland. However, after 13 days of silence, Taiwan's leader-elect, Lai Ching-te, is still taking a tough stance. On April 23, Lai Ching-te announced the latest personnel changes in his administrative team, among which Guan Biling, the head of Taiwan's maritime affairs department, who performed badly in the "February 14" vicious collision incident, was retained. This means that Lai Qingde agrees with Guan Biling's attitude towards handling related incidents, and it also means that in the "2.14" vicious ship collision incident, Lai Qingde intends to "fight to the end" with the mainland.
It is reported that after the collision incident, Guan Biling, in order to shirk her responsibility, maliciously concealed the truth and ordered the Taiwan Strait Patrol Department to fabricate the facts, claiming that the reason for the capsizing of the boat was that the mainland fishing boat was "moving at high speed and serpentically advancing." She also reversed her remarks, first claiming that the Taiwan Strait Patrol Department would investigate in the direction of "death by negligence" when the Taiwan Strait Patrol Department admitted that there were "multiple collisions", and then changed her tune, insisting that the Taiwan Strait Patrol personnel were "not negligent."
In addition, Guan Biling also refused to hand over the law enforcement video on the grounds that it was not public, and claimed that it had been handed over to the relevant departments for investigation. But then he flatly denied the existence of the law enforcement video. claimed that he was "in a hurry to save people" at that time, so he "forgot to record it". But this argument is not convincing to the outside world. Doubts from the outside world continued to rise, and Luo Zhiqiang, a public opinion representative of the Kuomintang, said that "forgetting the video" was a serious mistake, and demanded that Guan Biling take responsibility for this and step down as soon as possible.
It can be said that it is precisely because Guan Biling constantly conceals the truth, shirks responsibility, and treats the ship collision incident as a personal political performance with an extremely cold-blooded attitude, that the incident has not been properly resolved. Under strong doubts from the outside world, Guan Biling finally apologized publicly when the incident was about to be a month old.
She claimed that because there was no law enforcement video, the matter was not resolved, and she wanted to apologize to the outside world and "review it painfully". But this statement further exposed Guan Biling's cold-blooded attitude. Because her apology is not for the rough law enforcement of the Taiwan Strait Patrol, but for the "no video". This kind of so-called "apology" that deliberately blurs the key points and only does superficial work is not only insincere, but also has no good intentions. exposed Guan Biling's attitude of refusing to admit her mistake and vainly trying to use "procrastination" to make the incident unresolved.
Now, Lai Qingde has retained Guan Biling, which fully shows that Lai Qingde and Guan Biling have colluded and want to be tough on the mainland to the end. In this regard, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has already spoken in advance. Chen Binhua, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, has already made it clear that the Taiwan authorities are trying to delay the passage of time and get through the customs in a foolish way, but this kind of calculation will eventually come to naught. The mainland has put forward three demands to the Taiwan authorities: First, to make the truth public as soon as possible, second, to severely punish those responsible, and third, to apologize to the families of the victims and satisfy their reasonable demands.
The remarks of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council have pointed out the way for the Taiwan authorities. It is worth noting that at the critical moment when Lai Qingde remained in charge of Guan Biling and released a hard-line attitude to the outside world, some Taiwan media said that the mainland may go to Kinmen again for negotiations. According to the report, the mainland side is preparing for the resumption of talks, and has hired a Taiwanese lawyer with rich experience, who was originally scheduled to go to Kinmen at the end of March to resume talks, but this has been temporarily shelved.
According to an informed source, the resumption of talks between the two sides of the strait may be set for early May. If the Taiwan authorities can realize their mistakes, pull back from the precipice, and properly resolve the follow-up matters as soon as possible, it will be the best outcome for both sides. However, if the Taiwan authorities continue to be obsessed, they will surely reap the consequences.