Zhu Lilun, chairman of the Kuomintang.

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[Reporter Lin Liangsheng/Taipei Report] The "white paper revolution" protests broke out in China recently. The KMT today called on the CCP authorities to face up to public opinion, listen to and pay attention to the needs of the people, so as to avoid the expansion of conflicts.

Zhu Lilun, chairman of the Kuomintang, also called on the authorities on the other side to be mindful of the common people, respond prudently to public opinion, and moderate the epidemic control measures.

The Kuomintang stated that the Chinese mainland authorities continued to implement high-intensity epidemic control measures. With the development of the epidemic and the gradual loosening of the international environment, the mainland still implemented many epidemic control measures, which caused inconvenience to the lives of the people, including many people in mainland China. Taiwanese people studying and working.

With the recent incidents of protests against the epidemic prevention and isolation policy, the expansion of conflicts is definitely not what anyone would like to see; let alone the continuation, which will cause irreparable regrets.

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The KMT pointed out that in addition to expressing its stance with freedom and human rights, the KMT also called on the mainland authorities to face up to the needs of the people in the mainland, moderately relax the "epidemic control measures" from a scientific and medical perspective, and strike a balance between epidemic prevention and people's lives. It is necessary to avoid continuous expansion of conflicts.

The Kuomintang mentioned that based on the standpoint of defending freedom and democracy, our relationship with the mainland, and our sense of responsibility for cross-strait relations, we are highly concerned about this matter. We hope that the Beijing government can handle it cautiously and make handling and changes that meet the expectations of people on both sides of the strait.

Zhu Lilun posted on Facebook that since November 24, he has noticed that many people and young students in mainland China have expressed their dissatisfaction with the high-intensity epidemic control measures with practical actions.

"We support the expression of opinions of young students." We also hope that the mainland authorities will keep the common people in mind, and not forget the old adage that "if the river is blocked and collapsed, it will hurt more people", respond prudently to public opinion, and moderate epidemic control measures.

Zhu Lilun said that he deeply believes that the escalation of the current situation is definitely not what everyone wants to see, and he does not want the tragedy to repeat itself.