Taiwan's "Pandemic Epidemic Command Center" announced on the 12th that, in light of the situation of epidemic prevention and control and humanitarian considerations, the entry of mainland children from Taiwanese citizens aged 2 to 6 will be opened on the 13th. After the policy was announced, many "Xiao Ming" parents were still deeply disappointed, and Taiwan media called for "please stop torturing Xiao Ming ."
Data map: Taipei 101 landmark building. Photo by China News Agency reporter Shi Yuanfeng
It’s only half a month before the school starts in September. The school-age "Xiao Ming" who has been deeply affected by his studies in the past six months is still far away from returning to Taiwan.
After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, the Taiwan authorities closed the entry channel for foreigners in early February. After the epidemic in the mainland cooled down, the land-provided families repeatedly reported to the Taiwan authorities that they hoped to allow the more than 2,000 mainland children stranded in the mainland to return to Taiwan. The Taiwan authorities ignored it and used a set of rhetoric, such as "Xiao Ming's Story," to justify it. Since then, "Xiao Ming" has been used by public opinion on the island to refer to the mainland children stranded in the mainland.
After holding on for almost five months, Taiwan finally opened a "door crack" for the land children to return to Taiwan for the first time on July 16, allowing "Xiao Ming" under 2 years old and holding a Taiwan residence permit to enter; and declared , This policy allows 100 "little Xiaoming" to return to Taiwan to meet with their families.
On July 16, the Taiwan authorities opened the entry of "Xiao Ming" under the age of 2 with a Taiwan residence permit. The picture shows a screenshot of netizens' comments under the news that day.
Public opinion continues to call for the school-age "Xiao Ming" to be opened to school as soon as possible. Today, the Taiwan authorities have opened the application for entry of "Xiao Ming" between the ages of 2 and 6, and stated that 532 "Xiao Ming" are eligible.
Such a "careful" adjustment, full of discriminatory atmosphere, really helps to shape the image of the Taiwan authorities' so-called openness to "Xiao Ming"? In particular, the more than 1,000 "big and small" over 6 years of age who are deliberately ignored by the Taiwan authorities have been delayed for one semester, and if they continue to postpone like this, will they waste another semester?
Regarding the Taiwanese policy of squeezing toothpaste, some netizens commented "American Xiao Ming? Philippines Xiao Ming? Japan Xiao Ming? France Xiao Ming? Thailand Xiao Ming? He has already returned to Taiwan..."
On August 12, the Taiwan authorities announced that they would open entry for children from mainland China aged 2 to 6 from the 13th. The picture shows a screenshot of netizens' comments under the news that day.
Apart from the difficulty of "Xiao Ming" returning to Taiwan, Lu Sheng's "long road to Taiwan" is on the other side. On the afternoon of the 5th of this month, the educational affairs department of the Taiwan authorities announced that all overseas "degree students" would be allowed to return to Taiwan. However, the policy changed sharply in less than one hour and mainland students were excluded. After opening a crack in the door, he closed the door cruelly. The reason given by the Taiwan authorities was also "anti-epidemic considerations."
"Considering epidemic prevention", is Taiwan serious? Just a few days ago, when the US Secretary of Health visited Taiwan, the experience of "Xiao Ming" and Lu Sheng was completely different. For the Minister of Health from a country with severe epidemics, the "home quarantine" link can be skipped directly! In addition, he continued to attend various public events during his visit to Taiwan! At that time, were "epidemic prevention considerations" thrown into the Pacific Ocean?
Returning to the "Xiao Xiaoming" return to Taiwan policy, the Taiwan authorities stated that "every epidemic prevention measure cannot satisfy everyone, and I hope that all walks of life will be considerate."
However, last time it was "Xiao Ming" under the age of 2, and this time it was "Xiao Ming" aged 2 to 6. I wonder if there will be "Elementary School Xiao Ming", "Junior High School Xiao Ming" and "High School Xiao Ming"... such "fine cutting", Treating the "Xiao Ming" back home like squeezing toothpaste, does the Taiwan authorities make people from all walks of life understand their hypocrisy that political considerations are above all else? How long will it have to toss "Xiao Ming"?
Author: Benedict Tongxueheli