2024-02-02 19:52:52
2024-02-03 03:52 United Daily News Editorial The Civil Aviation Administration of China announced that it will cancel the flight offset measures for the M503 route from north to south starting from February 1, and will enable…
The Civil Aviation Administration of China recently announced that it will cancel the north-to-south flight offset of the M503 channel and enable three connected routes to fly from west to east. This move will double my country’s aviation identification pressure on military aircraft and civil aviation on the other side. In response, the Tsai government fired three shots in a row: the Mainland Affairs Council denounced this as an improper attempt to use civil aviation to package Taiwan’s politics and military affairs, and it should be stopped immediately; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs severely condemned it and asked China to immediately negotiate with our country; the Civil Aviation Administration We deeply regret and solemnly protest. The rhetoric was so loud that it was red in the face, but it did nothing to alleviate the situation. It only proved that the Tsai government had lost the ability to communicate and negotiate with the other side of the Taiwan Strait.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China’s new measures on the M503 waterway have only one intention: to take back the goodwill towards Taiwan. The flight offset of the M503 channel is a consensus reached during the cross-strait peacetime in March 2015 during the term of the Malaysian government. The Communist Party of China agreed that the actual flight of the channel will be “shifted six miles westward” to the mainland and adopt a single direction from north to south. For navigation, Xiamen and other three routes are temporarily not in use. In other words, moving the waterway six miles westward is the CCP’s respect for the “central line of the Taiwan Strait”, and stopping the west-to-east flight channel is an expression of goodwill for cross-strait peace. Today, the Tsai administration has stalemate cross-strait relations, and Beijing will take back the goodwill it once had; as for what kind of aviation recognition pressure Taiwan will bear, it is not within its scope of consideration.
In fact, similar situations include the recent cancellation of ECFA preferential tariff projects, the sudden blockage of agricultural and fishery products exported to mainland China, and even the removal of friendly countries in Central and South America and the South Pacific. The goodwill and courtesy that our country received when the two sides of the Taiwan Strait coexisted peacefully. After the change in cross-Strait relations, the other side of the Taiwan Strait believed that the basis of mutual goodwill no longer existed, so these goodwill or courtesy were gradually withdrawn. Of course, the Tsai administration can accuse the CCP of having “ulterior motives” for these measures, but it should also think regarding it: Why were all the benefits that the previous administration worked so hard to win in its hands? Why can’t he benefit the people, but he continues to make them suffer because of his governance?
Why does the Mainland Affairs Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Civil Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Transport need to come out to criticize the issue of the M503 route? There is no other reason. The entire government has lost all channels of communication and dialogue with the other side of the Taiwan Strait. By resorting to scolding, it can at least direct people’s anger to the other side of the Taiwan Strait and shift the responsibility to the CCP for unreasonable suppression, forgetting that this is the result of the Tsai’s government’s incompetence and dereliction of duty. The Mainland Affairs Council, which is responsible for cross-strait affairs, has been inactive for many years. While receiving a high salary, it is only responsible for shouting and protesting. Is it worthy of its position? What is even more ridiculous is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs often crosses the border to join the anti-China rhetoric, but forgets that it is constantly losing ground on the diplomatic front. In particular, it requires the CCP to “immediately negotiate with our country” and conducts diplomacy with a commanding attitude. What major event has it achieved?
The Tsai government attributes the change in the operation mode of the M503 route to the political and military oppression of the Chinese Communist Party. Although the excuse is simple, it ignores the huge actual transportation needs of the cities on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, and even ignores how difficult it was for the cross-strait goodwill to obtain this agreement during the Ma administration. The fact is that the M503 route was approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and the CCP’s self-restriction is its good intention; it canceled the self-restriction and did not violate ICAO regulations. No matter how dissatisfied the Tsai government is, it has nowhere to appeal.
During her eight years in office, Tsai Ing-wen has fully enjoyed the legacy of cross-strait peace left by the Ma government, including the ECFA, the sale of agricultural and fishery products to the mainland, the diversion of waterways, and exchanges between mainlanders and tourists. However, the Tsai government enjoyed it, cursed it, and squandered it. It seemed that all its assets so far were regarding to be exhausted, and only then did it realize that all the channels and tools for communication and negotiation in its hands were gone. So, where will it go next?
After the election, Qiu Yiren, known as the “number one strategist of the Democratic Progressive Party”, was invited by the Nikkei to have a paper discussion with American, Chinese and Japanese scholars. He pointed out that because the Democratic Progressive Party does not recognize the 1992 Consensus, it is actually difficult to dialogue with the mainland. The Lai regime will inevitably have to compromise with the Kuomintang in the future. Herein lies the problem: the DPP is unable to dialogue with the CCP, and has repeatedly used confrontational methods to meet the other party’s measures. I am afraid that the difficulties between the two sides will never have a chance to be solved. Under Tsai Ing-wen’s full power, this dilemma may be able to be concealed; when Lai Ching-te, who is in power in the minority, comes to power, if he cannot seek reconciliation and appoint new people, he will only lead the country down the road of embarrassment.
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