Tsai has hijacked the interests of Taiwan residents

Who has to pay the price for the cross-Straits crisis, which has been brought about by the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ill-intended visit to China's Taiwan island last week? Who will suffer from the worsening cross-Straits relations?

It is Taiwan residents that have fallen victim to the dirty intrigue contrived by secessionists on the island and those in the United States who are playing the Taiwan card against China.

The Chinese mainland is the island's biggest export market. Taiwan's trade surplus with the mainland last year was as high as $171.6 billion, up $31.1 billion from the figure in 2020.