Discontinued scholars of the Taiwan Economic and Trade Office: Hong Kong and Taiwan’s official exchanges are going backwards Chen Tongjia’s handover is difficult to make

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Written by: Zhou Lixi

2021-05-19 12:33

Last update date: 2021-05-19 12:34

The Hong Kong Government announced yesterday that the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office in Taiwan would suspend operations. The Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau later stated that the decision has nothing to do with the Taiwan epidemic.

The Mainland Affairs Council of Taiwan later responded to the incident and pointed out that the Hong Kong government had unilaterally made a decision, which respected but regretted it.

Lin Quanzhong, a former associate researcher of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan, commented on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program today (19) that the decision to close the Economic and Trade Office reflects the historical regression of official exchanges between Hong Kong and Taiwan and also reflects the current cross-strait relations.

He believes that the transfer of Taiwanese murder suspect Chen Tongjia to Taiwan will hardly make progress.

Lu Changshui (pictured) has not yet taken up his post because of his delay in obtaining a work visa.

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The relationship between Hong Kong and Taiwan is expected to deteriorate. Chen

Tongjia's

handover is difficult to make progress.

Lin Quanzhong pointed out that Beijing has disliked her since President Tsai Ing-wen came to power. After a period of observation, Taiwan sent Mainland Affairs Council Counselor Lu Changshui to serve as Taipei's economy in 2018. The representative of the Cultural Office in Hong Kong, but was unable to take up his new duties, was unable to renew his post by 2020, and was forced to return to Taiwan.

Lin Quanzhong explained that because the Hong Kong government required Lu Changshui to sign the conclusion of the first China principle, he was willing to issue a work visa to him, but this was a new requirement that was not available before.

Lin Quanzhong also pointed out that there are 8 Taiwanese personnel whose visas will expire this year, and there is no evidence that Taiwan officials will sign the relevant documents in the future. Since no Taiwanese officials will be in Hong Kong by then, it is expected that the Taiwan office in Hong Kong will be transformed into a non-governmental agency in the future. , The function is greatly reduced.

As for the relationship between the two places, Lin Quanzhong believes that the future will definitely get worse, and the transfer of Taiwanese murder suspect Chen Tongjia to Taiwan will hardly make progress.

He added that once the Taiwan Office in Hong Kong becomes a non-governmental agency, there will be no public powers by then, and it will be necessary to ask Taipei for instructions on everything.

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