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Friday, August 21, 2020, 22:56
DPP slammed for damaging cross-Straits economic ties
By Xinhua
Friday, August 21, 2020, 22:56 By Xinhua

In this undated file photo, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, takes a question during a press conference in Beijing, China. (CHEN YEHUA / XINHUA)

BEIJING - A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Friday denounced the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority in Taiwan for obstructing economic cooperation and exchange across the Taiwan Straits through various measures and excuses.

Following the steps of Western anti-China forces, the DPP authority went even further by obstructing mainland investment in Taiwan and prohibiting Taiwan companies from cooperating with mainland enterprises, said Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office

Following the steps of Western anti-China forces, the DPP authority went even further by obstructing mainland investment in Taiwan and prohibiting Taiwan companies from cooperating with mainland enterprises, said Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, when commenting on the DPP authority's further restrictions on mainland investment.

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Such moves have once again exposed the DPP authority's intention to harm cross-Straits relations and jeopardize the interests of Taiwan compatriots, Ma stressed.

Cross-Straits economic cooperation and exchange have brought substantial benefits to Taiwan compatriots, Ma said, pointing out that the cross-straits trade reached US$134.94 billion from January to July, up 8.7 percent year on year, from which Taiwan had a trade surplus of over US$70 billion.

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Mainland enterprises offer nearly 25,000 jobs in Taiwan and pay more than 1.2 billion new Taiwan dollars (over US$40.8 million) in taxes every year, Ma said.

The DPP authority's action will only squeeze the development space for Taiwan, and ruin the island's development opportunities, Ma said. 

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