Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian. Photo: VCG

Commenting on Lai Ching-te's hyping up of the so-called "threat" from the mainland again,mk who claimed that espionage cases involving the mainland against Taiwan have been increasing in recent years, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday that people are surely familiar with these tactics by now. No matter how hard the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities try, they have exhausted their tricks and cannot fool the public.

In the pursuit of "Taiwan independence," DPP authorities feel the need to be relentlessly "anti-China," constantly exaggerating the so-called mainland "threat" and treating cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation as something to be feared. This is the internal logic of Lai and the DPP authorities repeatedly fabricating lies, deceiving and intimidating the people of Taiwan, and intensifying the confrontation and opposition across the Straits, Zhu said.

"No matter how hard they try, they have exhausted their tricks and cannot fool the public," the spokesperson noted.

Zhu emphasized that the tide of cross-Straits exchanges is rolling forward and will not stop or break. We will continue to actively promote the normalization and regularization of exchanges in various fields across the Straits, continuously improve the systems and policies that enhance the well-being of Taiwan compatriots, and foster mutual understanding and friendship between compatriots on both sides of the Straits, Zhu said.

Global Times