2020-12-30 11:36:06 GMT2020-12-30 19:36:06(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) Exchanges across the Taiwan Strait have been unprecedentedly impacted in 2020, with greater obstruction caused by artificial barriers than COVID-19, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.
Despite strong efforts made by the mainland, personnel exchanges and communication across the Strait remained extremely abnormal, said Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
Since February this year, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities in Taiwan have continued to suspend visits by mainland residents and canceled a large number of direct flights, Zhu said, adding that such measures have severely impacted cross-Strait exchanges and communication in various sectors.
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2020-12-30 12:36:04 GMT2020-12-30 20:36:04(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) Economic growth in Taiwan this year is inseparable from the industrial and supply chains across the Taiwan Strait, said a mainland spokesperson on Wednesday.
Facts have proven that the development of the Taiwan economy cannot be separated from the mainland, said Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, at a regular press conference in Beijing.
In the first 11 months of 2020, cross-Strait trade totaled over 235 billion U.S. dollars, up by 13.8 percent year on year. Taiwan s exports to the mainland reached 181.7 billion U.S. dollars, up by 15.6 percent over the same period last year, Zhu said.
DPP sacrificing people s health for political interests: mainland spokesperson Xinhua | Updated: 2020-12-17 11:41 Share People wearing masks walk on street in Taipei, Taiwan, March 30, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
BEIJING - The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities move to trade food safety and the Taiwan people s health for selfish political interests is doomed to fail, a Chinese mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.
Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, made the comments in response to a media question about DPP s attempts to join trade deals, including the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), at the expense of importing unsafe U.S. and Japanese food.
Without trade with mainland, Taiwan s economy would hardly see positive growth this year: spokesperson Xinhua | Updated: 2020-12-17 11:19 Share The Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan, China. [Photo/Xinhua]
BEIJING - Without its trade with the mainland, Taiwan would have seen a huge trade deficit, and its economy could not maintain positive growth this year, according to a mainland spokesperson on Wednesday. It is a fact that the mainland is Taiwan s biggest export market and the largest source of trade surplus, said Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
In the first 11 months of 2020, cross-Straits trade scored $235.69 billion, accounting for 5.4 percent of the mainland s total outbound trade, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs.