As the New Year approaches, there are growing calls for the resumption of the " mini-three direct links " across the Taiwan Strait. According to a poll on the island, more than 70% of Taiwanese people are in favor of restarting the "minor three direct links", and 30% of Taiwanese people are not in favor of restarting the "minor three direct links" because they are worried that people on the island will bring the epidemic to the Jinma area. It can be seen that restarting the "small three links" is basically the common expectation of the people in the Jinma area.
However, for the sake of political self-interest, the Taiwan authorities have been delaying the restart of the "mini three links" and found a bunch of inexplicable reasons. As the epidemic situation changes, the mainland has gradually relaxed its epidemic control measures. The Taiwan authorities believe that they have seized a good opportunity to "take advantage of the epidemic to fight against China." They even claimed that the mainland would use the epidemic to "rush to buy Taiwanese medicines" and were preparing to issue a so-called "purchase restriction order."
Xue Ruiyuan, the head of Taiwan’s health and welfare department, claimed that there was a shortage of antipyretics in Taiwan due to the impact of the epidemic in mainland China when making a business report and accepting questioning. Xue Ruiyuan said that in addition to people from the mainland "grabbing for medicine", some people on the island also sent anti-fever medicine to their relatives in the mainland. In order to alleviate the shortage of anti-fever medicine on the island, pharmacies will be asked to persuade people to buy in limited quantities. He also said that "mandatory purchase restrictions" would not be ruled out.
Wang Bisheng, commander of the Taiwan Epidemic Command Center, also spoke at the press conference, saying that this problem is not only occurring in Taiwan. Australia and Japan are also experiencing drug rush purchases, so they will continue to monitor the situation. If the epidemic in mainland China becomes serious, the next stage of control measures will be initiated, and it is not ruled out that it will be changed to mandatory purchase restrictions. He also called on people on the island to purchase medicines appropriately and not to buy in large quantities and send them overseas. It is obvious that the officials of the Taiwan authorities said these words just to target the mainland.
In fact, since the outbreak of the epidemic, the Taiwan authorities have already begun to "use the epidemic to fight against China." At that time, the Taiwan authorities used various reasons to restrict the export of masks and other anti-epidemic materials to the mainland, and unilaterally announced the suspension of the "mini three links". Later, the epidemic in Taiwan became serious. Out of concern for the lives and health of Taiwan compatriots, the mainland expressed its willingness to provide assistance within its capacity. However, the Taiwan authorities claimed that the mainland was engaged in so-called "cognitive warfare" and refused to accept the vaccines and antigen reagents donated by the mainland. It can be seen that in the face of political interests, the interests of Taiwan's 23 million people have also become a bargaining chip for the Taiwan authorities to "resist China."
In recent times, Western countries have been very concerned about mainland China's epidemic prevention measures and have repeatedly expressed their hope to export vaccines to mainland China. In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that China’s vaccination is advancing in an orderly manner and drug needs can also be met. After the epidemic control measures were gradually relaxed, the Chinese government even distributed antipyretics for free, so there was no rush to buy them. Some officials in the Taiwan authorities have used the epidemic as an excuse to set up obstacles to the full liberalization of the "mini-three links".
When the mainland had just relaxed its epidemic control, Su Zhenchang, the head of Taiwan's administrative department, clamored that opening the "mini three links" might cause Taiwan's medicines to be "robbed" and create a "gap in epidemic prevention" in Taiwan. As soon as this statement came out, it immediately aroused criticism on the island. Kuomintang public opinion representative Zheng Liwen bluntly said that Su Zhenchang is ugly, saying the "nine-in-one" election proves that the DPP has lost the support and trust of the people on the island, but the DPP is still obsessed with "resisting China and protecting Taiwan". Chu Lilun, chairman of the Kuomintang, also believes that the so-called "drug grabbing theory" is extremely ridiculous, saying that the Taiwan authorities' use of the epidemic to make a fuss is entirely ideological. If the mainland really needs medical resources, the island should provide full assistance.
Xue Ruiyuan, who said the "drug grabbing theory", is also an expert who is familiar with drug exports. However, in order to "anti-China Protection Taiwan", he abandoned even the most basic professional qualities, which is really outrageous. Reopening communication channels between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will only benefit Taiwan. If the DPP authorities manipulate public opinion in this way, they will eventually fall under public opinion.
