China News Agency, Taipei, August 23. The Chinese Kuomintang pointed out in Taipei on the 23rd that Jinmen is now the front line of peaceful exchanges between the two sides of the strait. The Taiwan authorities should put people's safety first and Jinmen at heart.
According to reports from Taiwanese media such as China Times News and Zhongtian TV, the leader of the Taiwan authorities, Tsai Ing-wen, went to Kinmen that morning to preside over the 62nd anniversary of the "August 23 Artillery Battle" and a memorial event.
The Kuomintang said that in the past, Kinmen was the front line of battlefield and cross-strait confrontation, but now Kinmen is the front line of cross-strait peaceful exchanges. The present peace does not fall from the sky, nor does the past wars come out of thin air. "War", "Yes and peace" are all between the leaders' thoughts, and the people's "living and working in peace and contentment" or "being disastrous" are also between the leaders' thoughts.
The Kuomintang said that the "August 23 Artillery War" paid a huge price, and the lessons of history must not be forgotten. There are no winners in war and no losers in peace.
The Kuomintang called on the Taiwan authorities to put the safety of the people in the first place, while keeping Kinmen at heart. It's not just the body participating in the commemorative event, thinking one thing in your heart and saying one thing in your mouth.
According to a report by the Central News Agency, the former leader of the Taiwan authorities, Ma Ying-jeou, posted on a social networking site that day that wrong policies should not be allowed to set off a war and that innocent lives should be sacrificed. Consensus is the right way to benign interaction. (Finish)