TAIPEI (TVBS News) — Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC, 陸委會), the government agency responsible for cross-strait relations, called on Beijing Wednesday (June 4) to embrace fundamental human rights principles and implement meaningful democratic reforms. The statement, issued on the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, attributed "positive historical significance" to the 1989 pro-democracy protests (天安門事件) that were violently suppressed by Chinese authorities.
MAC officials pointedly challenged China's assertions of having achieved what it terms "whole-process people's democracy," noting that the country consistently ranks near the bottom of international democracy indices. The MAC strongly denounced Beijing's global diplomatic campaign promoting what China calls "a community of shared future for mankind," asserting that citizens worldwide have no desire to experience the systematic persecution witnessed in Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
Taiwan's cross-strait agency specifically charged the Chinese Communist Party (CCP, 中國共產黨) with intensifying its authoritarian single-party governance, systematically silencing dissenting voices, and aggressively projecting its party-state model beyond China's borders in ways that undermine democratic institutions and fundamental human rights principles internationally.
The Taiwanese agency emphasized that peaceful coexistence remains "the only option" for cross-strait relations, while firmly calling on Beijing to acknowledge and respect Taiwan's deeply-rooted democratic values and freedoms. MAC officials further urged Chinese authorities to adopt a pragmatic approach toward resolving the fundamental political differences that have long characterized the complex relationship between Taiwan and mainland China. ◼