As the time for Lai Ching-te to take office on 20 May is getting closer and closer, any movement between the two sides of the strait has been highly concerned, and in the past 24 hours, the two major departments of the mainland have spoken out one after another, cutting off the Taiwan authorities' way back.
The Democratic Progressive Party uses the WHO to "seek independence"
It is reported that on May 27 this year, the 77th World Health Assembly will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 100 countries and regions around the world participating in the meeting.
However, as of yesterday, registration for the 77th session of the World Health Assembly has been closed, and the Taiwan authorities have not received an invitation from the WHO, which means that Taiwan has been absent from the World Health Assembly again since 2016.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. As the largest intergovernmental health organization in the world, it is open to membership only to sovereign states.
The sole legitimate government of the Taiwan region is China, and the WHO also needs to abide by the "one-China principle", and the Taiwan region must obtain our approval if it wants to participate in the meeting.
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Before 2016, Ma Ying-jeou was the leader of the Taiwan region, and we have always been open to Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly, and we can even say that we support Taiwan's active participation in WHO meetings.
However, all this changed after the Tsai Ing-wen administration came to power, because the DPP authorities repudiated the "92 consensus" and pushed Taiwan in the direction of "Taiwan independence."
Therefore, the mainland will never relent, and resolutely uphold the one-China principle.
However, the Taiwan authorities blamed the mainland for not being able to participate in the WHA, believing that the mainland was "deliberately suppressing" them. He also said that if Taiwan is unable to participate in the World Health Assembly, it will lead to systemic loopholes in the world's epidemic prevention system.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council have spoken out one after another
By saying this, the Taiwan authorities are trying to persuade other countries to support their participation in the WHA.
For example, in the United States, in order to support the Democratic Progressive Party, the United States has constantly advocated Taiwan's "meaningful" participation in the World Health Assembly. In addition, some Western allies of the United States have also stood up to "speak out" for Taiwan.
[Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin]
The mainland's attitude is very firm, and it is useless for anyone to "intercede."
Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and China's position is consistent and clear, that is, it must be handled in accordance with the one-China principle, which is also the fundamental principle of the United Nations.
Subsequently, Wang Wenbin pointed out why Taiwan could not participate in the World Health Assembly, that is, since the Democratic Progressive Party came to power, it has refused to recognize the "92 Consensus" and supported the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, resulting in the political basis for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly no longer exists. China's disagreement is understandable.
As for the support of Western countries, Wang Wenbin warned these countries not to challenge the one-China principle and trample on international law.
Finally, Wang Wenbin concluded that the DPP's statement that 'there is a gap in the international epidemic prevention system', that is, it is a complete "political lie", and the mainland has ensured that the Taiwan region can obtain the information on public health emergencies issued by the WHO in a timely manner and can also notify the WHO.
In this response, it can be said that the mainland has taken into account all aspects, and the lies of the DPP and external forces have also been exposed one by one, and the mainland's blocking of the DPP's participation in the WHO is justified and evidence-based, and cannot be refuted.
[Chen Binhua, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council]
As soon as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' response came to an end, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council also spoke.
The general idea is consistent with what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, and the only thing that is different is that the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council points out the "selfishness" hidden by the DPP.
Chen Binhua, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that the DPP took advantage of the international community's concern about global public health issues to manipulate the issue of Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly, in order to highlight the so-called "sovereign status", which is actually "seeking independence through defense" and challenging the basic pattern of the international community adhering to the one-China principle.
In short, the deception and provocation of the DPP authorities have already been discovered by the mainland, and the mainland will inevitably thwart its conspiracy.
The DPP's "relying on the United States to seek independence" will not succeed
At the same time, the DPP's vain attempt to "seek independence through defense" proves that as long as the mainland does not agree, even with the support of the United States, the DPP will still not be able to enter the WHA.
The DPP's attempt to "seek independence by relying on the United States" will definitely not succeed.
[Democratic Progressive Party leader Lai Qingde]
Since the "February 14 Kinmen collision incident", the mainland has gradually tightened its policies towards Taiwan, such as using the M503 route W122 and W123 connecting routes, and ruling to impose anti-dumping duties ranging from 9% to 22.4% on polycarbonate imported from Taiwan.
In addition, the same is true militarily, the Fujian Coast Guard has withdrawn the law enforcement authority of Taiwan's so-called "Coast Guard" in the Xiamen-Jin waters, and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has also strengthened the number of flights around Taiwan.
On the other hand, the United States claims to "assist in the defense of Taiwan," but what force can the United States exert in cross-strait relations? Weapons are sold a lot, money is not less, and once a conflict breaks out, the United States will only run faster.
In the past eight years, Tsai Ing-wen has continued to seek help from the United States and Japan, but it has not helped cross-strait relations much, but has become worse and worse, and the United States has not been able to stop the mainland's policy toward Taiwan.
Therefore, Lai Qingde, who is about to come to power, should understand that the United States is not omnipotent, and even more so on the Taiwan issue, there is only one way for the Taiwan region to go in the future, and that is to reunify with the mainland.