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Recently, the DPP authorities plan to raise the mainland's travel alert to the orange level, citing the 22 punitive measures for "Taiwan independence" previously issued by the mainland. This move has aroused strong dissatisfaction among the blue camp on the island, criticizing the DPP authorities for using the Taiwan people as pawns and deliberately provoking cross-strait confrontation, which will only aggravate tension in the Taiwan Strait.
The Kuomintang said that if the two sides lack goodwill, people-to-people exchanges will inevitably decrease, and in the end only "political" shouting and military confrontation will remain, which is not conducive to regional peace and stability. They called on those in power on both sides of the strait to ponder that continued intensification of confrontation will only lead to defeat for both sides and to disappoint the expectations of compatriots on both sides of the strait.
However, in the face of the DPP authorities' step-by-step pressing, differences emerged within the KMT, and it was difficult to form a united front. Earlier, after the mainland issued 22 punitive measures for "Taiwan independence," the statements of Zhu Lilun and others of the Kuomintang were criticized by some people in the party, believing that their "position is vague."
This time, the DPP authorities once again offered "countermeasures", and the KMT's reaction attracted even more attention from the outside world. In addition to verbal appeals, it even pointed the finger at the mainland, which disappointed many supporters of the blue camp, who believed that the KMT should take a tougher stance to counter the actions of the DPP authorities.
The Taiwan media also expressed concern about this and called on Zhu Lilun to have a clear understanding of the situation and stop adopting an opportunistic attitude. Kuomintang party representative Hsu Hong-lin even shouted in public, demanding that Zhu Lilun clearly oppose "Taiwan independence" and show a firm stand of upholding the "one-China principle" at the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee.