The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council makes nonsense of "China is the safest in the world" Mainland Affairs Council: 4 more people lost contact with China this week

The Mainland Affairs Council today (7th) released the "Weekly Report on the Safety of Chinese Traveling to China, Hong Kong and Macao". From January 1, 2020 to November 6, 2015, 470 Chinese nationals who went to China were missing, detained for questioning, or suspected of having their personal freedom restricted. Compared with the previous week, there were 4 more people (as of October 30, there were 466 people last week).

The Mainland Affairs Council stated that 470 Chinese nationals who went to China have lost contact, were detained for interrogation, or suspected of having their personal freedom restricted, of which 180 were reported missing (177 last week, 3 new this week), 43 were detained for interrogation (no new this week), and 247 were detained by China (246 last week, 1 new this week).

There are frequent cases of Taiwanese people losing contact and being imprisoned when traveling to China. The Mainland Affairs Council’s travel warning for China, Hong Kong and Macau continues to remain “orange”. Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, accused the Taiwan Affairs Office of the People's Republic of China at a press conference on the 4th that the DPP authorities fabricated so-called "lost contact" data, concocted false information, spread rumors to smear China, intimidated the Taiwanese people, and disrupted normal exchanges between compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Their clumsy tactics have been seen by more and more Taiwan compatriots.

Zhu Fenglian claimed that China is now one of the safest regions in the world. The majority of Taiwanese compatriots working, living and traveling on the mainland have personally experienced a sense of security and happiness. We uphold the concept of "one family across the Taiwan Strait", create better conditions and introduce more convenient measures to promote cross-Strait personnel exchanges and tourism exchanges and cooperation. We sincerely welcome Taiwan compatriots to visit the mainland and experience the splendid Chinese culture.

In this regard, the Mainland Affairs Council emphasized that the data released are statistics of the parties or relatives and friends who made representations or reported cases to the Mainland Affairs Council and the police. Each case is supported by evidence. The statistics of relevant cases not only reveal the current trend of increasing personal safety risks faced by Taiwanese people traveling to China, but also hope to prompt the CCP to implement relevant mechanisms and pay attention to protecting the personal safety of Taiwanese people traveling to China.