Chinese official media reported that Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, expressed great concern over the incident and expressed deep condolences for the victims, but used the title of “General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee” instead of “President of China” in the text. But the use of the title “General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee” instead of “President of China” and the term “compatriots” in the text seems to be a reminder of the United Front in Taiwan’s national grief.
China’s Xinhua News Agency and CCTV pointed out that Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, was highly concerned about the major casualty of the train derailment in Taiwan, “and expressed deep condolences to the compatriots killed and sincere sympathy to the families of the victims and the injured compatriots”.
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office issued a press release yesterday (2) in the name of spokesman Ma Xiaoguang after the accident, expressing great concern and attention to the progress of the follow-up rescue, as well as expressing condolences and sympathy to the casualties caused by the accident, without using the word “compatriots” at the time.
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