Presidential Office spokeswoman Karen Kuo addresses the media in Taipei in an undated photograph. For years, China has frequently instrumentalized and weaponized cross-strait exchanges, with its so-called “measures” marked by unpredictability, Kuo said. Beijing has weaponized cross-strait exchanges for political ends, as such policies are marked by uncertainty and selective application to specific target groups, it said. Beijing should not evade negotiations with the Taiwanese government for political reasons, it said. The opposition parties should avoid facilitating such maneuvers, especially given that past “favorable measures” have been used by Beijing as tools of economic coercion against Taiwan, it added.

Source: Taipei Times April 12, 2026 16:16 UTC