does not recognize "one China", and Taiwan still wants to have a good life? How is that possible!
Recently, Hong Kong and Macao SAR governments have successively announced the suspension of operations in Taiwan offices, and this is all related to the general environment of cross-strait relations.
Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office is an institution that provides comprehensive services to Hong Kong and Macao residents in Taiwan in terms of work, study, tourism, business and life. It is a positive measure to promote the development of relations between Hong Kong and Macao and Taiwan, and another achievement of the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.
htmlOn June 16, the Macao SAR government issued an announcement stating that the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Macau will suspend operations from June 19. During the suspension of operations, general inquiries will be processed through the 24-hour hotline established by the Tourism Bureau.Subsequently, the Macau SAR government website responded to the matter. The response stated that since December 2011, based on the common political foundation of both sides of the Taiwan Strait that both sides agree with the "1992 Consensus ", Australia and Taiwan reached a consensus on establishing mutual offices through exchange of documents, and the offices of both sides carried out related business based on this. However, the renewal of certificates of staff of the Macao SAR government's office in Taiwan and the application for new rotation of personnel to go to Taiwan has not been approved so far, and the office in Taiwan has had to suspend operations.
News website mentioned that the Macao SAR government will continue to handle matters related to Australia-Taiwan relations in accordance with the Basic Law of , the one-China principle, and the basic principles and policies of the central government to handle Macau-related issues, continue to promote private exchanges between Australia and Taiwan, and deepen private exchanges between Australia and Taiwan.
The response of the Macau SAR government is very clear. First, there are prerequisites for the existence of offices between Australia and Taiwan, that is, Taiwan must agree with the "1992 Consensus" and "one-China principle". The same applies to Hong Kong's closing of its office in Taiwan.
On May 18 this year, Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Culture Office (Taiwan) temporarily stopped operating. During the temporary operation, the SAR government will process related information through the hotline and Hong Kong Government one-stop webpage.
In addition, Taiwan played the role of the behind-the-scenes promoter in Hong Kong's actions of Hong Kong rioters in the previous two years, which made Hong Kong very dissatisfied. Therefore, after Hong Kong announced the suspension of operations in Taiwan, it condemned Taiwan's "broken interference in Hong Kong affairs" and pointed out that the so-called "Taiwan-Hong Kong Service Exchange Office" set up by Taiwan under the Taiwan-Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Cooperation Progress Conference is to "provide support to violent protesters and those who undermine Hong Kong's prosperity and stability."
The suspension of operations of Hong Kong and Macao's offices in Taiwan is of course unfavorable for Taiwan. You should know that even last year when cross-strait relations cooled down, the mainland still ranks first in Taiwan's exports. The suspension of the Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao-Taiwan offices is likely to affect the economic and trade relations between Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao-Taiwan.
In fact, the suspension of operations of the Hong Kong and Macao Office in Taiwan is because the personnel sent by Taiwan to Hong Kong and Macao do not recognize "one China".
Recently, when applying for a work visa, the SAR government asked the signing of the "One Middle School Commitment Letter", while the Taiwan dispatched personnel "refused to sign", so that the visa could not be extended or issued. All personnel from Taiwan's Hong Kong-based institutions have to return to Taiwan due to their visa expiration. At present, there is only one person left in the institution.
Hong Kong and Macao Taiwan Offices suspended operations, which is naturally a slap in the face of the Taiwan authorities. Therefore, on June 21, the Mainland Affairs Council again attacked the suspension of Hong Kong institutions in Taiwan by .
In this regard, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that Taiwan institutions in Hong Kong must naturally carry out activities on the political basis of the one-China principle, and must naturally abide by the Basic Law and relevant laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
In fact, the message conveyed by Beijing is very clear, that is, Taiwan-Hong Kong-Taiwan-Macao relations depend on the general environment of cross-strait relations. If cross-strait relations lack political mutual trust, it is difficult to "maintain the status quo"; only when cross-strait relations develop well can the office operate normally. The future cross-strait relations will also depend on Sino-US relations, cross-strait political mutual trust, and cross-strait private economic and trade social exchanges.
In a word, Taiwan recognizes "one China" and "1992 Consensus", everything is easy to say, otherwise everything will be free of talks. (Frog in Inoue)
