At the January 21 press conference of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, a reporter asked: A mainland spouse recently posted online saying she “hopes reunification happens soon, so she can write simplified characters.” Some officials on the island said that if such mainland spouses want to apply for permanent residency in the future, they will be subject to strict scrutiny, and it will not be the case that they can obtain citizenship simply because the time requirement has been met. In addition, Taiwan’s “National Immigration Agency” recently revoked the Taiwan residency permit of the mainland-spouse influencer “Guan Guan” because she had posted remarks online such as “let the red flag be planted all over Taiwan.” What is your comment on this?
In response, Peng Qing’en, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said: For some time now, the DPP authorities, driven by their “Taiwan independence” nature, have wantonly infringed upon the rights and interests of mainland spouses, suppressing and bullying the mainland-spouse group, stopping at nothing. This has seriously undermined the peaceful lives of cross-strait marriage families and seriously harmed the legitimate rights and interests of the cross-strait marriage community, and we strongly condemn this. As for the “Taiwan independence” accomplices and henchmen who persecute mainland spouses, we will pursue legal accountability in accordance with the law and severely punish them without leniency.