Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Zhang Xiaoyue was mocked as the "joining the needle" (Photo source: China Review News Agency)
[Global Network Report Reporter Xu Yichao] According to the Hong Kong Central News Agency on June 30, after taking office, Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Zhang Xiaoyue took office, his statements on cross-strait relations were almost the same. In response, when the Kuomintang "legislator" Yang Zhenzhen questioned Zhang Xiaoyue in the "Legislative Yuan" on the 30th, he asked Zhang not to "join the needle" from the beginning, but when Zhang answered related questions from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, he still did not change the past tone, and asked Yang Zhenyu to directly criticize her as the "joining the needle" as the "joining the needle".
Taiwan’s “Legislative Yuan” Interior Committee invited Chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council Zhang Xiaoyue, Acting Chairman of the Straits Foundation, Chen Dexin, and officials from the internal affairs, legal departments and foreign-related departments of the Taiwan authorities to conduct special project reports and prepare for inquiries.
When the Kuomintang "legislator" Yang Zhenzhen was questioning, he emphasized from the beginning that Zhang Xiaoyue should not answer the needle again. Yang then asked Zhang, have he said before that the cross-strait was a "neighbor relationship"? Zhang Xiaoyue said that it was a "chat" with the media in informal occasions, definitely not a formal speech, and the outside world does not need to over-interpret it. Zhang Xiaoyue emphasized that "cross-strait relations are cross-strait relations", and the Mainland Affairs Council has also issued a press release to express its statement.
Yang Zhenzhen criticized that he should not be questioned every time he spoke, and said that he should not over-interpret it, because it involves sovereignty, disputes and cross-strait relations, which is not just a matter of over-interpretation. He said that neighbor relations are quite neutral, but according to the "Constitution", the two sides of the Taiwan Strait do not look like "neighbors" but more like "neighbors".
Zhang Xiaoyue reiterated again, "Cross-strait relations are cross-strait relations." There was no other explanation. Yang laughed at Zhang's answer, and he said, "I was really amused by you and completely ignored what I was talking about."
Zhang Xiaoyue said that the "Regulations on People's Relations between Taiwan and Mainland" is to handle cross-strait people's exchanges. From our position, "cross-strait relations are cross-strait relations". It is now in the "Parliament" hall, a very formal occasion, not a chat, and I also responded with a very serious attitude.
Yang Zhenzhen then asked Zhang Xiaoyue again, do you think you are Chinese? Zhang Xiaoyue paused for a few seconds and said, "I was born in Taiwan, of course, Taiwanese, I got a "Republic of China" passport and was also educated in Taiwan." In this regard, Yang Zhenyu sarcastically said that Tsai Ing-wen had said that he was "Taiwanese and Chinese" before, and asked Zhang Xiaoyue to learn more about Tsai's statement. Don't not know how to answer without a question bank. If you want to answer, you are always "jumping needles" and just be a "jumping needles chairman".
A Chinese mainland China Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson An Fengshan emphasized at a regular press conference held on June 15 that the mainland and Taiwan belong to the same China, and compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family. Cross-strait relations are not relationships between countries, so they are by no means "neighbor" relationships.
