The civil association on the island assists mainland tourists to visit Taiwan in the name of "professional exchange" and earn handling fees. The Taiwan authorities' Immigration Department issued a statement, and requested the security unit's investigation department to make a big move. Some media described this case as a major loophole in the "Guoan Security" and adding urgency to the passing of the "Anti-Infiltration Law".
Mainland tourists visit Taiwan, the text and pictures are irrelevant (data photo)
All familiar with cross-strait exchange operations authors know that when coming to Taiwan through the "professional exchange" channel, first, the timeliness is faster, and second, it is not subject to quota restrictions. Therefore, some mainlanders will come to Taiwan through private associations in this way. Some itineraries in Taiwan may include communication, visiting and sightseeing, but it is actually difficult to "single-size-fits-all" between communication or sightseeing.
Prosecutors and police handle illegal acts of certain civil associations in accordance with the law. I believe that the starting point is to promote the normal and orderly development of cross-strait exchanges, but the problem derived from this is how to grasp the recognition standards? For example, a private think tank invited mainland scholars or officials to Taiwan for "professional exchanges". The itinerary included economic seminars and seminars, and also arranged for mainlanders to go to well-known attractions to inspect the economic prosperity and consumption patterns. Will the latter be recognized as "fake exchanges and real sightseeing"?
In addition to the recognition standards, what is more important is whether the issues derived from cross-strait civil exchanges should be infinitely exaggerated to the "national security" issue. This will only cause unnecessary panic among the people and will inevitably worsen the already very fragile cross-strait relations.
Since the Tsai Ing-wen administration took power, the cross-strait deadlock has been delayed, and the election has begun to play the "anti-China card" and intimidation card again. In addition to the previous so-called "Five National Security Laws", the "Anti-Infiltration Law" has recently been introduced, and even took advantage of the number of people in the "Legislative Yuan" to make the "Bill" read directly, completely ignoring the basic principles of procedural justice.
Ma Ying-jeou's former staff member Su Qi also said at the new book tea ceremony yesterday that whether it is the so-called "Five National Security Laws" or "Anti-Infiltration Law", these are "political bills", not "legal bills", and the result can only further damage cross-strait relations. Su Qi believes that many of the DPP's actions show that when it cannot effectively counterattack the mainland, it will only punish or restrict the Taiwanese people. It is very brave, but in fact there is no way.
The Tsai administration's cross-strait relations have been regressed and then regressed. The number of mainland tourists coming to Taiwan has also decreased, which directly impacted the grassroots people's livelihood economy. Now that we are making a big fuss about private exchanges, we have no intention of escorting suspected illegal acts, but reminding the Taiwan authorities that the standards should be consistent when enforcing the law, and should not be exaggerated as a horrifying statement such as "national security" threat or "mainland infiltration". This is the correct way to stabilize people's hearts.
Source: United Daily News
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