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Taiwan authorities criticized for poor response to virus outbreak
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The poor performance of the Democratic Progressive Party administration in Taiwan in tackling the latest COVID-19 outbreak on the island has revealed its insufficient governance capacity, which has led to its declining popularity, Chinese mainland experts said.
Voters support for the DPP has dropped from 43.1 percent in March to 28.2 percent in June due to its policies in dealing with the outbreak, according to a poll released on Monday by a public opinion foundation on the island.
Cross-Straits relations experts said that the DPP authorities have been engaging in political confrontation with the mainland to cover up its inability to obtain sufficient supplies of vaccines and the obstacles it has placed in the way of imports of vaccines from the mainland.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to crush any attempt that gets in the way of “complete reunification” of the mainland with self-ruled Taiwan.
In an address marking the centenary of the Communist Party in Beijing on Thursday, he said “resolving the Taiwan question and realising China’s complete reunification is a historic mission and an unshakeable commitment” of the party.
“It is also a shared aspiration of all the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation,” Xi said.
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on a military aircraft on Sunday, a trip that drew sharp condemnation from Beijing.
Senators Dan Sullivan (D-AK), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Chris Coons (D-DE) arrived in Taiwan aboard a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane to announce the US was donating 750,000 Covid-19 vaccines to the island. According to
Reuters,
US officials typically visit Taiwan in unmarked private jets.
On Tuesday, China denounced the visit. The US senators visited Taiwan by military plane, using the Taiwan issue to engage in a political show , challenging the one-China principle and trying to achieve the so-called goal of using Taiwan to control China, the Chinese Defense Ministry said.