The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council refutes the Taiwan authorities’ so-called “foreign cultural invasion” argument

China News Service, September 23. On September 23, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press conference. A reporter asked: Recently, Zhuo Rongtai, the head of Taiwan's administrative department, claimed that "Taiwan is now facing foreign cultural invasions such as Xiaohongshu and Douyin, and will use the power of the government to protect local cultural industries." Any comment on this?

Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that the so-called "foreign cultural invasion" is pure nonsense. The mother body of Taiwanese culture is Chinese culture, which is not only an important part of Chinese culture, but also enriches Chinese culture. Taiwanese compatriots, especially Taiwanese youth, conduct cultural exchanges with mainland compatriots through mainland social platforms, carry out exchanges and mutual learning, and enhance mutual understanding. They also display talents and enrich cultural life on mainland social platforms. This is a vivid reflection of the Chinese culture rooted in Taiwanese people and a rich channel for cross-strait people-to-people exchanges. The DPP authorities ignored the facts and acted perversely, politicizing and stigmatizing normal cross-Strait cultural exchanges, and engaging in political manipulation in an attempt to build a "cultural wall" between compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and sever the blood ties between compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. This is unpopular and doomed to be futile. (China News Network "Yanxintai" Studio)