Taiwan’s government raised its travel advisory for China on Thursday (27), telling its citizens not to go unless absolutely necessary, following a threat from Beijing last week to execute those deemed “diehard” supporters of Taiwan independence.
Liang Wen-chieh, spokesman for Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, told reporters that the travel warning also applied to the Chinese-administered cities of Hong Kong and Macau.
China, which considers democratically-ruled Taiwan its own territory, has made no secret of its dislike of President Lai Ching-te, whom it considers a “separatist”, and held two days of war games after he took office last month. past.
Last week, while announcing new legal guidelines, China threatened to execute Taiwan independence separatists in extreme cases, a further escalation of tensions that drew condemnation from Lai and his government as well as the United States.
Liang, making the announcement at a press conference in Taipei, said these guidelines pose a serious threat to the security of Taiwanese visiting China, in addition to other measures China has been taking to strengthen its national security laws.
“If it is not necessary to go, then don’t go,” he said, adding that this did not mean a ban on visits and that it was about protecting the people of Taiwan and reminding them of the risk, rather than being a “countermeasure.”
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
On Wednesday, asked about concerns that the guidelines would cause fear among the people of Taiwan and not help improve relations, the office said they were only aimed at a very small number of “evil words and deeds of the die-hards.” ” of independence.
Source: CNN Brasil
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