The mainland adjusted its shipping routes, the Taiwan authorities retaliated, Ma Ying-jeou fired on all the firepower, and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council broke the DPP's tricks in one word. Why did the mainland adjust the M503 route? What kind of retaliatory measures did the Taiwan authorities take against the mainland? What did Ma Ying-jeou say? How did the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council respond?
Recently, the "Taiwan independence" elements on the island have been constantly provoking the mainland and colluding with foreign forces to interfere in the Taiwan Strait, which has had a tremendous negative impact on the situation and security in the Taiwan Strait. Under such circumstances, PLA warships and planes have stepped up their combat readiness patrols in the Taiwan Strait and have further approached the island in the sea and airspace to deter the "independence-seeking" forces on the island.
At this critical moment, the Civil Aviation Administration of the mainland also adjusted the M503 route, which was interpreted by some media on the island as "legally" eliminating the so-called "middle line of the strait". According to the information released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the flight bias measure of the M503 route running from north to south will be cancelled from February 1, and the M503 route W122 and W123 connecting routes will be enabled to run from west to east to improve the efficiency of airspace operation.
There is no doubt that the Civil Aviation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CAAC) changed its route in response to the increasingly busy shipping pressure, not to "put pressure" on the Taiwan authorities. The DPP authorities' behavior of talking to themselves and making back-of-the-road attacks will only further deepen the estrangement between the two sides of the strait and bring more destabilizing factors to the situation in the Taiwan Strait. However, what people did not expect was that less than a week after this rule came into effect, the Taiwan authorities retaliated on this ground.
On February 7, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities issued a "ban" on all travel agencies to stop carrying out sightseeing tours to the mainland. You must know that not long ago, Lai Qingde and others also said in convincing words that they would lift the ban on Taiwan people going to the mainland for sightseeing in March this year, and the detailed plan was originally scheduled to be announced on February 7. Unexpectedly, before March arrived, the DPP authorities reversed course and responded to the expectations of the people on both sides of the strait with a new "ban."
It can be said that the DPP authorities have no scruples about the basic interests of tourism workers and ordinary tourists on the island, and are trying to retaliate against the mainland side by politicizing the tourism industry. In this regard, Ma Ying-jeou, former leader of the Taiwan region, made it clear that he would be full of firepower against the DPP authorities. Ma Ying-jeou said in an interview that peace between the two sides of the strait should be precious, and if there is discord between the two sides of the strait, it will affect peace in the Taiwan Strait and breed the risk of military conflict. He also stressed that the biggest problem between the two sides of the strait is that the DPP authorities have never communicated with the mainland.
I have to say that Ma Ying-jeou's remarks are quite pertinent. With regard to the improper acts of the DPP authorities, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council directly broke down the conspiracy and tricks of the Taiwan authorities. Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in response to the incident on the 7th that the resumption of tours organized by Taiwan travel agencies to the mainland is a common appeal of the island's tourism industry.
Although the Taiwan authorities have repeatedly declared that they want to "lift the ban," they have always been politically calculated and engaged in their own "careful tricks" while shouting empty slogans and putting forward additional conditions. Now that the tourism authorities have issued a "ban," this kind of backtracking will hinder cultural exchanges between compatriots on both sides of the strait and harm the well-being of compatriots on both sides of the strait.
It can be said that the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has made it very clear. The conspiracy and trickery of the Taiwan authorities to engage in "political manipulation" under the pretext of the tourism industry is actually harming the interests of the broad masses of people and tourism operators on the island. Compared with the mainland's huge economic size and perfect economic structure, the island's already weak economic capacity, especially the extremely important tourism industry, will suffer heavy losses because of the DPP's selfish interests.
What is even more interesting is that the Eastern Theater recently called for cross-strait reunification with a song entitled "Only the Country Will Win," demonstrating the PLA's determination to resolutely safeguard national unity and territorial integrity. It is foreseeable that if the DPP authorities refuse to turn back on the road of "seeking independence," then the mainland will have to take necessary measures.