Beijing Criticizes Tsai’s National Day Message as Inverting Cause and Effect, MAC Rebuts

 Beijing Criticizes Tsai’s National Day Message as Inverting Cause and Effect, MAC Rebuts

Source: UDN

October 12, 2019

In response to President Tsai Ing-wen’s National Day message, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) under the Mainland’s State Council, yesterday (October 11) stated that Tsai’s message “inverted cause and effect,” saying that she referred to efforts to pursue peaceful reunification, oppose Taiwan independence, and safeguard the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations as a so-called threat to Taiwan, and referring to the Mainland’s development and progress, as well as the progression of realizing the renaissance of the Chinese nation as so-called challenges to regional stability and peace.

The Mainland Affairs Council under the Cabinet issued a press statement, criticizing in return Ma Xiaoguang’s version as "improper remarks,” saying that Tsai Ing-wen’s National Day message clearly reflected the collective will of the Taiwan people to unite in defending sovereignty, safeguarding democracy, strengthening Taiwan, and marching toward the world, and the mainstream vox populi in rejecting one country, two systems, adding that it deeply regretted Beijing authorities continued to engage in hostile acts to Taiwan, not thinking of pragmatic ways of improvement.

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