Political center / Reported by Huang Yunxuan
Recently, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council were replaced by directors. After Chinese President Xi Jinping began his third term, some officials have changed positions. Song Tao, former head of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, took over at the age of 20, and Akio Yaba said bluntly: “This is a personnel arrangement that is shocking.” Yaba Akio revealed that Song Tao has never been in touch with the Taiwan issue, which shows that “Xi Jinping will now deal with the Taiwan issue himself”, and shouted that “Taiwanese businessmen in China they may need to be psychologically prepared.”
Akio Yata revealed that, according to the usual practice, the retirement age for ministerial officials in China is 65 years old. Therefore, the retirement of Liu Jieyi, the front office director who just turned 65, is a normal arrangement. However, a sixty-seven-year-old man came to take over, and Song Tao was not only “not a member of the Central Committee, but also not a candidate for the Central Committee.” Central Committee of the Communist Party.
Yaba Akio said bluntly: “The Taiwan issue is one of the most important issues for the Xi Jinping regime.” However, the head of Taiwan affairs he appointed now doesn’t even have the right to listen to the Central Committee. way to judge at all.
▲ Yabata Akio revealed that Song Tao has never been in contact with the Taiwan issue, which shows that “Xi Jinping now wants to deal with the Taiwan issue himself.” (Image / Taken from Xinhua News Agency)
In addition, the work that the Taiwan Affairs Bureau has to do also includes helping Taiwanese businessmen solve problems. Akio Yata said that the directors of the Taiwan Affairs Bureau in the past, who whether it was Wang Yi, Zhang Zhijun or Liu Jieyi, they were all members of the Central Committee. If a prominent Taiwanese businessman encounters a problem, he can personally make a phone call and the leaders of various places will face it. But now Song Tao’s status in the CCP is just an ordinary member. Thus, it can be expected that his phone calls will have practically no effect.
Furthermore, Yaba Akio said that “Song Tao has never been in contact with the Taiwan issue and has no contacts in Taiwan.” He believes that this staffing arrangement shows that Xi Jinping is dissatisfied with the work of the Taiwan Affairs Bureau of the State Council: “Now I have to personally deal with the Taiwan issue.” Put bluntly, “Song Tao’s role will no longer be that of the person in charge of the work with Taiwan, but Xi Jinping’s liaison. From now on, the Taiwan Affairs Bureau may no longer be the one who connects the feelings between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and cares for the work and life of Taiwanese businessmen.” If it is done, Taiwanese businessmen in China will need to be mentally prepared.”
