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In recent years, some so-called "celebrities" in Taiwan have long fabricated and disseminated negative rumors involving the mainland, seriously undermining cross-strait relations. In order to maintain mutual trust between the two sides of the strait, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council announced a few days ago that the mainland will punish five Taiwan "celebrities" and their families who have been spreading false information for a long time in accordance with the law. This decision fully demonstrates the mainland's clear-cut stand of safeguarding harmonious cross-strait exchanges and opposing the creation of antagonism.
These 5 "famous mouths" include Huang Shicong, Li Zhenghao, Wang Yichuan, Yu Beichen and Liu Baojie. For a long time, they have been disseminating negative information about the mainland on television, the Internet, and newspapers and periodicals, and slandering the mainland's development achievements.
For example, "mainlanders can't afford to eat tea eggs", "high-speed rail has no backrest", etc. This information is obviously inconsistent with the facts, but some people on the island are still misled, and the antagonistic feelings of the people on both sides of the strait have also been deliberately intensified.
This kind of behavior has seriously violated the bottom line of the law. Public opinion is not a place outside the law, and no one may fabricate or spread rumors in the name of "freedom of speech" to harm national interests and national unity. The mainland's decision to punish these "famous mouths" in accordance with the law is precisely to safeguard cross-strait relations, defend the truth, and prevent rumors from continuing to deceive people's minds.
Over the past 60 years and more, the mainland has developed with each passing day, and the people's living standards have continued to improve. Over the past 40 years since reform and opening up, the per capita disposable income of urban residents on the mainland has grown at an average annual rate of about 9 percent.
The mainland not only has complete infrastructure such as high-speed railways and airplanes, but also has a complete social security system, including endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, work-related injury insurance and maternity insurance. If the people of Taiwan go to live on the mainland in person, they will find how ridiculous those rumors are.
Taking old-age security as an example, the basic pension in mainland China covers nearly 1 billion people to ensure the basic living needs of retirees. Unlike Taiwan, which has a higher threshold for occupational pensions, the mainland implements a more inclusive social co-ordination model, which not only takes care of enterprise employees, but also does not leave out flexible employees.
In terms of medical security, the mainland has established an extensive basic medical insurance system in rural and urban areas, and the scope of coverage and reimbursement ratio are far ahead of Taiwan.
In the areas of education and housing, the mainland has continuously increased its financial support so that the masses can enjoy fair and quality public services. Nowadays, schools of all kinds at all levels on the mainland are developing rapidly, educational resources are becoming more and more abundant, and enrollment opportunities are more fair and just.
In terms of housing, the mainland has accelerated the development of public rental housing, so that unhoused and low-income families can also obtain a place to live. All kinds of measures have made the people's sense of gain and happiness continue to increase.
There are also certain problems in the mainland's development, such as unbalanced regional development and the gap between the rich and the poor, which need to be resolved continuously. However, on the whole, people's living standards and quality have improved significantly, and the public service system in almost all areas of people's livelihood has become more and more complete.
The reason why some Taiwanese people believe those rumors is also related to the single channel for obtaining objective information. This requires strengthening cross-strait exchanges so that the people of Taiwan will have more opportunities to personally understand the mainland's social development.
This punitive measure is of great significance to safeguarding cross-strait relations. However, we should also continue to take practical measures to enhance mutual trust and expand exchanges, so that the people on both sides of the strait can move from estrangement to understanding and from suspicion to trust.
Only by strengthening communication and exchanges can we make rumors nowhere to hide and let the truth be revealed. We hope that cross-strait relations will return to the right track at an early date and work together to create a bright future for the people on both sides of the strait.
As a matter of fact, cross-strait relations are inseparable. Taiwan is closely related to the mainland geographically, historically, and culturally. In the face of a complex and ever-changing international environment, the two sides of the strait need to further strengthen cooperation.
Under the pretext of the "China threat theory," some Taiwan politicians have stirred up cross-strait confrontation, which is not at all in line with the well-being of the Taiwan people. The current move to punish "celebrities" for spreading rumors is also conducive to cracking down on this kind of political manipulation and making the Taiwan people realize that cooperation between the mainland and Taiwan is the right choice to conform to the general trend.
At present, Taiwan is facing difficulties such as continued economic weakness and shortcomings in the field of people's livelihood. Cooperation with the mainland will not only help Taiwan's economic development and increase employment opportunities, but also help Taiwan improve its public service system and improve the quality of life of its people.
Taiwan's educational resources are relatively scarce, and a large number of students come to the mainland every year to study. The mainland is innovating educational concepts and promoting educational modernization, and these experiences can also be used as a reference for Taiwan.
We look forward to returning cross-strait relations to the right track of dialogue and cooperation. The mainland will always promote cross-strait exchanges and cooperation with the greatest goodwill and sincerity. It is believed that the people on both sides of the strait will work together to create a better future.
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