MAC pans calls for unification at Xiamen eventBy Chung Li-hua and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan would never accept Beijing’s “deceptive and insolent” approach to cross-strait relations, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said on Saturday in response to accusations at China’s 13th Straits Forum that Taipei is endangering peace in the Taiwan Strait. The name and logo of the Mainland Affairs Council are pictured at its headquarters in Taipei in an undated photograph. China — not Taiwan — is the one posing a threat to peace in the Taiwan Strait, the MAC said, citing Beijing’s attempts at political coercion and “united front” sabotage. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has adopted an erroneous and inflexible strategy toward cross-strait relations and has “trapped itself in a vicious cycle of contradictions,” it said. The council also urged Taiwanese to see that the CCP is two-faced and work together to protect the nation’s best interests.

Source: Taipei Times December 13, 2021 04:00 UTC