Chu Tai-San, Head of the Taiwan Continental CommitteeWhen the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) began, Taiwan, which was the first in the world to cut off human exchanges with China, began to gradually promote the recovery of human exchanges with China.
According to Taiwanese media such as Yonhapbo on the 19th, Chu Taishan, the head of the Taiwan Continental Committee (ministerial level), announced at a press conference the previous day that applications from’continental’ (Chinese) businessmen will be immediately resumed.
In addition to business purposes, Chu added that in addition to business purposes, the recovery of traffic for other purposes, such as visiting relatives of Chinese people in Taiwan, will also be pursued in consultation with the quarantine authorities.
Since 2016, when Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen took office, China severed official ties with Taiwan and strengthened pressure in various fields including military, diplomacy, and economy, and bilateral relations have greatly deteriorated.
In particular, after 2020, as factors such as heightened public alertness due to China’s enforcement of Hong Kong security law, the corona 19 pandemic, and close contact with the US and Taiwan amid the intensifying new Cold War between the US and China, the bilateral relationship has been in the worst situation since the full recovery in the 1990s.
However, after the inauguration of the Biden administration, the Taiwanese government seems to be carefully seeking to alleviate the conflict with China.
In the passport centered on the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, Chu Taishan, who is known as a moderate in relation to the Chinese issue, was recently selected as the head of the new Continental Committee. President Tsai sought to improve relations with China, and this was interpreted as a signal.
At a press conference on the 23rd of last month, President Chai gave an order to prepare in advance for the possibility of bilateral relations recovering. To some extent.
As for diplomats, this change in Taiwan’s attitude unprecedentedly pushed Taiwan towards the end of the era of President Trump, and with the inauguration of the Biden government, which sought cooperation and avoided unnecessary friction while maintaining a strong attitude toward China. It is interpreted as to adapt to changes in the security environment.
Taiwan’s message of appeasement to China came the day before the start of the Alaska meeting between senior US and Chinese officials.
The Yonhapbo pointed out that “the first regular press conference on the Continental Committee of Chutaishan attracted attention in that it took place the day before the high-level strategy dialogue in Central America 2+2”
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