China says Taiwan authorities will fail to sever cross-strait economic ties

Trade across the Taiwan Strait rose 30.3% in the first nine months of the year.

A spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office said efforts by Taiwan's ruling party to sever economic ties with the mainland are doomed to fail. Cross-strait trade reached $301.18 billion from January to September.

Source: Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China

A view of the Taiwan Strait between mainland China and Taiwan — China's Taiwan Affairs Office comments on economic ties across the Taiwan Strait. Illustrative photo. Photo: MagicTV / Pixabay, Pixabay Content License

Attempts by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities to sever economic ties with mainland China are doomed to fail, Zhang Han, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said.

At a news conference on October 21, Zhang cited General Administration of Customs figures showing that cross-strait trade totaled $301.18 billion from January to September, up 30.3% from the same period last year.

Mainland China's exports to Taiwan reached $84.9 billion, a 37.3% increase. Imports from Taiwan totaled $216.28 billion, up 27.8%.

Zhang said the figures showed that industrial and supply chains across the Taiwan Strait remained stable. He said economic ties could not be severed and industrial chains could not be broken.

He accused Taiwan's authorities of obstructing economic exchanges and cooperation, and of pushing to sever ties under the influence of outside forces.

Translated from Chinese using artificial intelligence. Source: Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China

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China says Taiwan authorities will fail to sever cross-strait economic ties

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