China to punish outfits promoting Taiwan independence

Furious over the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosis highprofile visit to Taipei the first by a top American official in 25 years China on Wednesday announced punitive measures on outfits seeking Taiwan independence banned imports of some Taiwanese food products and suspended the export of natural sandChina which claims Taiwan as its territory and opposes any engagement by Taiwanese officials with foreign governments announced a series of military exercises around the selfruled island on Tuesday night after Pelosi landed in the Taiwanese capital TaipeiBy allowing the 82yearold top Democrat to visit Taipei China accuses the US of violating the One China policy under which Beijing regards Taiwan as part of the Chinese mainlandAlso read We come in peace to the region says Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan as 21 Chinese jets enter Taipeis Air Defence ZoneThe Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council a Chinese official body which looks after Taiwan affairs announced the punitive measures on organisations related to diehard elements seeking Taiwan independenceUnder the guise of democracy and cooperation and development Taiwan Foundation for Democracy and International Cooperation and Development Fund have wantonly carried out Taiwan independence separatist activities in the international arenaThey have gone all out to ingratiate themselves with external antiChina forces Ma Xiaoguang spokesperson for the office saidThey have also attacked and smeared the mainland and used money and other means as bait to expand the socalled international space of Taiwan attempting to undermine the international support for the oneChina principle Ma saidThe mainland has decided to take punitive measures against the abovementioned foundations banning them from cooperating with mainland organisations enterprises or individuals he saidThe mainland will also punish in accordance with the law organisations enterprises or individuals that offer funds or services to the foundations and take other necessary measures Ma was quoted as saying by official media hereThe mainland will prohibit mainland organisations enterprises or individuals from any transaction or cooperation with Speedtech Energy Hyweb Technology Skyla SkyEyes GPS Technology and other enterprises that have donated money to the foundations Heads of relevant enterprises will be banned from entering the mainland Ma saidMa also announced the suspension of the imports of certain fruits and fish products from TaiwanChina will suspend the entry of citrus fruits and two types of fish products from the Taiwan region starting Wednesday said a spokespersonThe entry of citrus fruits including grapefruits lemons and oranges as well as chilled large head hair tail and frozen horse mackerel from Taiwan will be suspended in accordance with the mainlands relevant regulations and food safety requirements Ma saidIn the meantime the export of natural sand from the mainland to Taiwan will also be suspended he addedDespite its acrimonious approach towards Taiwan China remained Taiwans largest trading partner with bilateral trade increasing to 26 per cent year on year to USD 3283 billion last yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever