Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
(CHEN YEHUA / XINHUA)
BEIJING – A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday denounced the use of smears and intimidation by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party targeting mainland enterprises doing business in Taiwan.
The DPP authority has been ramping up efforts to obstruct and undermine exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Straits, said Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
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No matter what economic framework Taiwan wants to join, it must be done on the premise of observing the one-China principle, said Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
Its ill-intentioned and despicable smears and intimidation targeting mainland enterprises are intended to instigate confrontation between both sides of the Straits, he said.
Mainland enterprises doing business in Taiwan have recently been summoned by the DPP authority in search of the so-called "illegal poaching of Taiwan's high-tech professionals."
Such political manipulation cannot obstruct the overall trend of exchanges and cooperation between compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, and will only harm the immediate interests of the Taiwan business community and compatriots on the island, he said.
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Ma also stressed that no matter what economic framework Taiwan wants to join, it must be done on the premise of observing the one-China principle.
"We oppose Taiwan's participation in any economic and trade arrangement of an official nature or signing of any economic and trade agreement of an official nature."
Ma made the remarks when commenting on a letter of some US officials that urged the Biden administration to invite Taiwan to join the so-called "Indo-Pacific economic framework."
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The US government continues to hype up the concept of "Indo-Pacific" and pursue the so-called "Indo-Pacific strategy," which is, in essence, an attempt to create small, divisive circles to contain China, he noted.
Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authority's attempt to squeeze into such circles fully exposes its nature of relying on the United States to seek "Taiwan independence" and provoking the mainland, he said.