The China Media Group (CMG) on Saturday hosted a round table series media event themed "Our Shared Home" in Sanya City, south China's Hainan Province, gathering global experts to discuss challenges in and solutions to safeguarding humanity's shared blue home amid escalating geopolitical tensions
The event was co-hosted by CMG with the National Institute for South China Sea Studies and the Huayang Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance.
At the event, experts from countries such as Britain, Indonesia and Singapore joined their Chinese counterparts to discuss maritime governance, security, and the blue economy.
They highlighted the contemporary value and practical significance of building a maritime community of a shared future against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions affecting maritime stability and security.
"It (the South China Sea) can be regarded as a testing ground for us to build a community with a shared future for the oceans. Cooperation does not merely bring about practical benefits; crucially, it enhances mutual trust. Only with mutual trust can peace and stability be guaranteed for a long time," said Wu Shicun, chairman of Huayang Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance.
"China is the the biggest partner for trade and economic for ASEAN countries. So ocean is a part of that cooperation. Not only in the fishery sector, but also with the port, I mean infrastructures, ocean infrastructures, so this opportunity is really good momentum to expanding more," said Veronika Saraswati, director of the Global Development Research Center in Indonesia.
Attendees also discussed the production of documentaries on the South China Sea and other maritime-themed media products.
CMG hosts media event on building maritime community with shared future
CMG hosts media event on building maritime community with shared future
CMG hosts media event on building maritime community with shared future
A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday slammed Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te over his latest remarks on cross-Strait relations, accusing him of promoting secessionism and escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in a press release that Lai's speech marking his second anniversary in office was "filled with lies and deception, hostility and confrontation."
Chen accused Lai of stubbornly adhering to a secessionist stance in pursuit of "Taiwan independence," while exaggerating the so-called threats from the mainland and intensifying confrontation across the Strait.
Lai played an old trick of advocating the secessionist agenda on one hand and, on the other, calling insincerely for dialogue and exchanges with the mainland, attempting to mislead people in Taiwan and deceive the international community, he said.
Chen said that these common tricks have been seen through by more and more Taiwanese people. Their deceptive and provocative actions will be met with firm opposition from compatriots on both sides and the international community, and are doomed to fail.
Reaffirming the mainland's position on the Taiwan question, Chen said Taiwan has never been a country, is not one now, and will never become one in the future.
He described the Taiwan question as a historical issue left over from a Chinese civil war in the 1940s.
No election result in Taiwan could alter the fact that Taiwan is part of China or sever the historical and legal bonds linking the two sides of the Strait, according to Chen.
The mainland would never allow any person or force to pursue secessionist activities under any pretext, he added.
Calling secessionists "the chief culprit" who undermines cross-Strait peace, Chen said the mainland would continue to uphold the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, unite broadly with Taiwan compatriots, combat secessionist activities, and safeguard peace and stability across the Strait.
Central government spokesperson refutes Lai Ching-te's latest remarks, warns against secessionist moves
