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China, new squeeze against Taiwan: sanctions against its leaders

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BEIJING – China has drawn up a list of senior Taiwanese officials considered by Beijing to be “irreducible” for the island’s independence from China and who will be banned from entering the country and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao. This was announced by the spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese government, Zhu Fenglian, adding that China also reserves “other necessary disciplinary measures”, which are not specified.

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The senior Taiwanese officials specifically mentioned are: the Foreign Minister, Joseph Wu; the prime minister Su Tseng-chang, and the chairman of the Legislative Yuan – the island’s Parliament – You Si-kun. The three and their families are denied access to Chinese territory; their affiliated institutions will be prevented from cooperating with China, and the three will be held criminally liable for life for their actions.

The new escalation of tension between China and Taiwan comes while a delegation of members of the European Parliament is visiting Taipei. All three senior Taiwanese officials sanctioned by Beijing have had meetings in recent days with the delegation of Euro-parliamentarians who arrived on the island, even if the name of the island’s president, Tsai Ing – does not appear in the list released by Beijing. wen, who met the delegation yesterday.

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The three senior Taiwanese officials “vigorously incited clashes in the Strait, made harmful attacks and defamations against the mainland, seeking independence with words, actions and connections with external forces to divide the country, severely undermining relations” with Beijing, the Beijing spokeswoman said. “Those who forget their ancestors, betray their homeland or divide the country will never end well, they will be despised by the people and judged by history,” the spokesperson said in a statement released by the Chinese media. China, he added, “will pursue criminal liability for the diehards of ‘Taiwan independence’ in accordance with the law, and will be effective for life.”

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“We do not define our policies against anyone, but in support of our friends and our principles. And this is fundamental. And for Taiwan it means that in the coming months and years, there will be more and more partnership and cooperation with the EU. We will ensure that this is the case. There is a long way to go to improve this relationship. ” These are the words of the French MEP Raphael Glucksmann, chairman of the special commission for foreign interference of the European Parliament (Inge), at the head of the European delegation.

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