A total of 62,000 Taiwan compatriots received COVID-19 shots on the Chinese mainland by the end of May according to incomplete statistics, said Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
As the COVID-19 epidemic situation in Taiwan worsens, dozens of Taiwan residents living on the Chinese mainland shot a video in which they prayed for the health of their families on the island and called on the Taiwan authorities to stop political manipulation of epidemic prevention efforts.
Mainland says DPP to blame for deteriorating cross-Strait relations
Xinhua
09 Jun 2021, 23:44 GMT+10
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority in Taiwan is entirely to blame for the current dire cross-Strait relations, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday. Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the remarks in response to the claim that the deterioration of the cross-Strait relations is not caused by Taiwan made by the so-called American Institute in Taiwan in an interview with Taiwan media. It is generally known that the root cause of the tension and turmoil in the relations across the Taiwan Strait is the DPP authority obstinately seeking Taiwan independence, stirring up anti-China sentiments on the island out of political interests and provoking confrontation and conflicts between the two sides of the Strait, Ma noted.
A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Friday urged the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority of China s Taiwan region to stop political manipulation of vaccine issues.