Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities will only hurt the island's industries and endanger people's wellbeing by advocating its "decoupling and severing the chains" proposal, said a Mainland spokesman on Wednesday.
Taiwan's leader Lai Ching-te recently touted his proposal that Taiwan should enhance a "non-red supply chain" with its "democratic peers" to pursue a "global layout" for the island's industries.
This move towards decoupling with the Mainland will only draw backlash to Taiwan's economy instead of bringing benefits, said Chen Binhua, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office. "The economies on both sides of the Straits have their respective characteristics and advantages that complement each other. Cross-Strait industrial- and supply-chain cooperation is a natural result of economic development. It is a cooperative system formed by enterprises on both sides of the Strait making independent choices and optimizing resource allocations based on market laws. It is conducive to the development of enterprises on both sides of the Strait and to improving the well-being of people across the Strait. If you have to define this production and supply chain by colors, then benefiting Taiwan and the people is its underlying color," he said.
Lai's intent behind his proposal is to reap political gains, with no regard for the benefits of the island's industries and people's wellbeing, Chen revealed.
"Lai Ching-te defies the economic and market laws to set up the so-called 'non-red supply chain' by pandering to external forces and repeating the obsolete tune of 'democracy versus autocracy'. In essence, he is selling out Taiwan's advantageous industries, sacrificing Taiwan's development prospects, and destroying the livelihood of Taiwan people in exchange for the support of external forces for his pursuit of 'independence'. It's unrealistic for the economies of both sides of the Taiwan Strait to decouple or break from each other. Lai Ching-te's forced 'decoupling and severing the chains' will only hurt Taiwan's industries, damaging the interests and well-being of Taiwan's enterprises and people. Selling out Taiwan for so-called 'independence' will only harm and destroy Taiwan," he said.
DPP's "non-red supply chain" proposal will only hurt Taiwan: spokesman
DPP's "non-red supply chain" proposal will only hurt Taiwan: spokesman
