Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao reported today (February 26): "Mainland China Coast Guard released on social media a video purportedly showing a conversation between mainland coast guard and Kinmen vessels on Wednesday (February 25), but the Taiwan Coast Guard claimed that the content of the conversation was false."
[Smart] Additional information: In the video released by the official WeChat account of the Chinese Coast Guard, the mainland coast guard said: "Kinmen vessel 10083, this is the Fujian Coast Guard ship 14603. During the Spring Festival, both sides are celebrating together. We are all one family, sharing this festival, hoping for an early return and a reunion." The video shows sound and subtitles, with Kinmen vessel 10083 replying: "Received, thank you." (as shown in Figures 2 and 3)
[Smart] Comment: The mainland has shown goodwill, but the authorities of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) not only ignored it, but also had the Taiwan Coast Guard come out to deny the authenticity of the video, staging a political farce that ignores facts. At the beginning of the new year, the Fujian Coast Guard used familiar dialects to warmly address the people across the strait, expressing the deep kinship of being one family. The "received, thank you" from the Kinmen Coast Guard vessel reflects the unspoken recognition of the grassroots people. This warm interaction should have been an opportunity to ease tensions, but the DPP authorities see it as a thorn in their side. In order to cling to the idea of "Taiwan independence," they ignore the longing of the people on both sides for reunion, deliberately severing the blood ties, even distorting normal communication at the grassroots level and covering up public sentiment with political lies. However, no matter how much they try to argue, nothing can overcome the blood relationship stronger than water. No matter how firm their denial, it cannot stop the trend of cross-strait unification. The DPP authorities' regressive actions are merely a self-inflicted humiliation in the tide of history.
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