TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Wednesday (April 17) said that Chinese nationalists who come to Taiwan for the purposes of advocating "one country, two systems" or the use of military force to annex the country, should be refused entry.
After a routine national security meeting held with Ministry of National Defense and Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) officials on Wednesday, Tsai said Chinese nationalists who try intimidate the Taiwanese people by advocating "one country, two systems" or military action to annex Taiwan (武統) should be denied entry if necessary, reported Liberty Times.
Li Yi (李毅), a Chinese academic known for advocating the use of force to unify Taiwan with China, was deported last Friday (April 12) because he was planning to speak in public while only having applied for a tourist visa. On Saturday (April 13), news broke that another group of academics propagating the military takeover of Taiwan by China was expected to try and visit the island before the end of April, but the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) would try and stop them.
The group reportedly consisted of Li Su (李肅), the head of the Beijing-based Modern Think-tank Forum; Wang Xizhe (王希哲), a US-based Chinese democracy advocate; Feng Shengping (馮勝平) and Guo Yanhua (郭岩華), US-based China studies academics: and Li Yi.
The MAC said that it is aware of the situation and has reported it to high-level security officials. Tsai said that the purpose of their visit should be made clear, and if they seek to intimidate the people of Taiwan and threaten national security and social stability, the government should take appropriate control measures and refuse entry when necessary.
The MAC stated that Chinese who do not respect the mainstream public opinion of Taiwanese and the reality of both sides of the Taiwan Strait, are not welcome to come to Taiwan to promote "Xi's five points" or the "one country, two systems framework for Taiwan," much less the advocating the use of military force to annex Taiwan, according to the report. In the future, relevant government organs will play close attention to such persons and refuse their entry, stated the MAC.
The MAC also reminded those few Taiwanese who sympathize with such Chinese nationalists to pay attention to national interests and social perceptions. They should not participate in or organize activities endorsing the Chinese Communist Party's agenda, advocating forced annexation, or supporting war.
