DPP authorities' attempt to build 'non-red' supply chain serves its decoupling agenda

Slamming Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Lai Ching-te's recent claim that he advocated for the establishment a of a "non-red supply chain" for global semiconductors that excludes the Chinese mainland, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday that the attempt aims to decouple from the Chinese mainland and sever cross-Straits economic ties.

The "non-red supply chain" is driven by ideology to form an economic "small circle" and it completely exposes its essence of bowing to and flattering the US, Chen warned, in response to media inquiries. 

In a recent exclusive interview with Nikkei Asia, Lai claimed that "China exploits this free trade system to dump cheap goods globally." Lai said he advocated for the establishment of a "non-red supply chain" for global semiconductors that excludes China. He also expressed a willingness to communicate and cooperate with the Chinese mainland under the premise of "equal dignity," seeking peaceful coexistence across the Taiwan Straits. 

Chen criticized Lai's DPP authorities for shamelessly compromising Taiwan's interests to appease the US, while imposing high tariffs on American goods - essentially "slapping itself on the left cheek and then offering the right."

The mainland has long upheld the concept of free trade and complied with World Trade Organization rules, making significant contributions to stability and smooth operation of the global multilateral trading system and industrial supply chains, the spokesperson said.

As long as the 1992 Consensus is upheld and both sides of the Taiwan Straits acknowledge they belong to one China, dialogue and consultation can take place, Chen said.

Lai's so-called equal dignity narrative is an attempt to distort the historical and legal fact that both sides belong to one China, seeking to advance dialogue based on the "two-state theory." This conspiracy will never succeed, Chen reiterated.

"The historical trend of China's reunification is unstoppable, and our resolve to settle the Taiwan question and realize national reunification is rock-solid and unbreakable," Cheng said. Pursuing "Taiwan independence" leads only to a dead end. All actions that go against the nation's overall interests are nation doomed to fail.