Mainland's Taiwan affairs office slams DPP for colluding with certain media, online trolls to cyberbully mainland delegation member for her remarks

Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, on Friday strongly condemned the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities' collusion with certain media outlets and online trolls in the island of Taiwan to cyberbully the member of an invited delegation from the Chinese mainland who used the term "中国台北队 (China Taipei team in Putonghua, in referring Chinese Taipei team)" when offering congratulations, saying that there is nothing wrong with the term used by the student.

There is but one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. Although our two sides across the Straits have yet to be reunified, the sovereignty and territory of China has never been severed and the fact that the mainland and Taiwan belong to one and the same China has never changed, Zhu said.

The DPP authorities are making a big show of intimidating organizations involved in cross-Straits exchanges, attempting to create a "green terror," fully exposing their adherence to a "Taiwan independence" stance and their nature of inciting confrontation between the two sides of the Straits, Zhu said.

People on both sides of the Taiwan Straits clearly recognize that the malicious obstruction of cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation is driven by DPP authorities' fear of closer ties and friendships among compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, Zhu said. 

They are apprehensive that the people in Taiwan will come to recognize the true situation of the Chinese mainland and the genuine friendliness of compatriots from the mainland. They fear that their well-crafted lies will be exposed and that their "anti-mainland card" will lose its effectiveness, said the spokesperson.

The foundation of cross-Straits relations is rooted in the grassroots, with the driving force coming from the people. The outcomes of exchanges and cooperation benefit compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits. As long as it enhances the well-being and bonds of the people from both sides of the Taiwan Straits and deepens mutual understanding and recognition, we will wholeheartedly and diligently pursue it, and we are committed to achieving success, according to the spokesperson.

We warn the DPP authorities that the desire for peace, development, exchanges, and cooperation is a common aspiration of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits and represents the mainstream public opinion in Taiwan society, Zhu said. Any attempt to obstruct or undermine cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation is a dead end, said the spokesperson.