Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said he helped Taiwan youth go to mainland China to pursue their dreams and contribute to unification, but was criticized for de facto united front.
Quick Look
- Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said at the opening of the cross-strait youth exchange season that he would help Taiwanese youths pursue their dreams on the mainland and contribute to the reunification of the motherland.
- The article criticized the move as essentially a united front activity and questioned the serious unemployment problem among China's youth.
- It said that China's technological development relies on theft, Chinese culture has been destroyed, and there is no need for Taiwanese youth to pursue their dreams in China.
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Why It Matters
The Cross-Strait Youth Exchange Season opened in Shanghai on August 25, with the theme focusing on emerging technologies, Chinese culture and cross-Strait youth exchanges. Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, publicly stated that he would assist Taiwanese youths to pursue their dreams on the mainland and contribute to the reunification of the motherland.
◎ Chen Qinong
The "Cross-Strait Youth Exchange Season" event, a youth exchange platform between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, opened in Shanghai on August 25. Although the theme of the event focused on emerging technologies, Chinese culture and cross-strait youth exchanges, Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, also publicly stated that it would provide more help for Taiwanese youth to pursue and realize their dreams in the "mainland", so that they can "reunify the motherland" and make new contributions to national rejuvenation.
Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of China, participated in the Cross-Strait Youth Exchange Season Fair. He claimed to provide more help to Taiwanese youths who come to the mainland to pursue and realize their dreams, so that they can succeed on the mainland and "make new contributions to the reunification of the motherland and national rejuvenation." (File photo, taken from Douyin) It is nominally an exchange, but in fact it is to promote unification. There is no international exchange in the world with unification as the main purpose. It can be seen that such exchanges are not exchanges, but another kind of substantial united front activity. Since it is a united front, it is not recognized as a youth exchange between two countries. The main purpose is to promote to Taiwanese young people that "your home is my home" and "Taiwan is an inalienable part of China." This is an attempt to confuse the national identity of Taiwanese young people.
As for pursuing dreams, it is a piece of non-existent pie created by the CCP, and you cannot eat it even if you want to. It is now difficult for young people in China to find jobs after graduating from college, and even many women have joined the porn industry to make quick money. The unemployment rate in Taiwan is getting lower and lower. Young people can choose the type of work and treatment they like. Chinese youth don’t even have the opportunity to choose. What is the CCP doing to make a fool of itself? What kind of dream does it want Taiwanese young people to pursue in China?
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As for the careful analysis of the contents of the exchange of "emerging technologies" and "Chinese culture", it is even more lackluster, and it can easily lead Taiwanese young people astray. Because much of the CCP’s scientific and technological development is based on plagiarism and theft, which is hidden among the scientific and technological industries and university researchers in advanced European and American countries. If they do not want to invest in long-term research and development, but use the fastest way to obtain technology, they will ultimately be unable to become a major scientific and technological country.
The CCP is the cultural hooligan group that has most seriously destroyed traditional Chinese culture. It has the nerve to claim that Taiwanese youths go to China to learn Chinese culture. Words were changed arbitrarily, the Cultural Revolution promoted "struggle", sons insulted their fathers, students oppressed teachers, all the virtues of traditional culture were completely destroyed. How much good traditional culture can China still retain now? Culture is not just existing hard cultural relics, but more importantly, flexible values, ideals and concepts. For decades, the Chinese Communist Party has used "hatred" and "atheism" to rule the people, create class antagonism, and abandon good and sincere humanity. It has completely broken with the values of helping others and altruism advocated by Taiwan for many years. There is a huge gap.
This year, China’s recent college graduates have reached a new high, causing the unemployment rate among youth aged 16 to 24, excluding school students, to rise to 17.9% in July. (AFP file photo)
(The author is a political commentator)
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Cross-Strait youth exchange activities will continue to be used as a tool to promote reunification
Likely · Within months
Open Questions
- How many young people in Taiwan are actually willing to accept the assistance provided by the mainland?
- What specific measures will the Chinese government provide to assist Taiwanese youth to find employment or start a business?
- Will such exchange activities be formally opposed by the Taiwanese government or people?
