Peaceful reunification is the future of Taiwan

Starting from Jan 1 this year, the Chinese mainland suspended tariff reductions on some chemicals from Taiwan island. This is a consequence of the island's Democratic Progressive Party authorities' secessionist policies.

The DPP authorities on Taiwan island have long imposed unilateral and discriminatory trade bans and restrictions on products from the mainland, breaching the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement between the two sides. What the DPP authorities have been doing has damaged the interests of quite a few mainland industries and enterprises, according to the spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

What is peculiar about the matter is the fact that the DPP authorities have not taken any steps to engage in talks with the mainland to ease the worsening cross-Strait trade relations. Instead, they have sought to shift the blame onto the mainland.