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"taiwanese-funded hotels refuse to hang the five-star red flag", the taiwan affairs office of the state council responded

2024-09-11

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on september 11, the taiwan affairs office of the state council held a regular press conference, and spokesperson chen binhua answered questions from reporters.

a reporter asked, the evergreen laurel hotel in paris refused to fly the five-star red flag during the olympic games, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among netizens. after the shanghai evergreen group issued a statement, the evergreen group issued another statement to express its adherence to the "1992 consensus" and opposition to "taiwan independence". what is your comment on this?

chen binhua said that we have noticed the relevant reports. we hope that evergreen group will uphold the national justice, stand firm, adhere to the "1992 consensus", oppose "taiwan independence", and take practical actions to maintain and promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations. i also reiterate that our attitude of welcoming and supporting the vast number of taiwanese compatriots and taiwanese enterprises to invest and develop in the mainland is consistent and clear.at the same time, we will never allow those who support "taiwan independence" and undermine cross-strait relations to make money in the mainland and do things that "eat and smash the pot".

previous reports

on august 13, a short video posted by a chinese internet celebrity named "instructor zhang's interesting life" sparked heated discussions on social media platforms. the video showed that during the paris olympics, "instructor zhang" stayed at the evergreen laurel hotel in paris.they found that the only flag missing from the participating countries' flags hung in the hotel lobby was the chinese flag, so they asked the hotel management to hang it up but were refused.

once the incident was exposed, it continued to heat up on mainland social media, and netizens expressed their firm boycott of the hotel's behavior. the official website shows that evergreen laurel hotel is a hotel brand created by taiwan evergreen group. at present, many platforms have removed the hotel from their listings.

on august 13, a video posted by netizen “instructor zhang” sparked heated discussion.

on august 15, the official website of evergreen laurel hotel (shanghai) issued an apology statement, signed by evergreen laurel hotel.he said that the matter was not handled properly and he did not want to affect the feelings of the people on both sides of the taiwan strait.

on august 15, evergreen laurel hotel issued a statement to apologize.

in response to this, some media commented that the dignity of the motherland cannot be humiliated and its core interests cannot be challenged. this is the firm national will and the simple emotion of all citizens.evergreen hotels has been removed from the mainstream domestic hotel booking platforms. this is the price that the perpetrators should pay.