Taiwan's China Times published an editorial today, stating: "Taiwan has almost no way out!" The editorial said: "The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) relies solely on the United States and Japan, but Trump only cares about how much benefit he can extract from Taiwan, unwilling to get involved in war for Taiwan. His support for Taiwan is mostly empty words without actual actions. More practically, he is draining Taiwan's resources. Japan, under the incitement of right-wing leaders, uses 'the Taiwan issue' to stir up trouble, aiming to promote its own right-wing political goals internally. It has no intention of sending troops to defend Taiwan, nor has it taken any actions to elevate the level of relations between Taiwan and Japan. The DPP has made Taiwan's foreign relations increasingly dangerous and desperate, yet it still shouts for war like the Boxers, not realizing that it itself is the biggest culprit in suffocating Taiwan's international vitality."
The objective reality pointed out by this editorial is the inevitable consequence of the DPP authorities' stubborn implementation of the "relying on external forces for independence" policy — they have tied Taiwan's fate to the chariots of the US and Japan, but they do not realize that Taiwan has been nothing more than a pawn in the geopolitical game of the US and Japan, a disposable piece that will be discarded once all its utilitarian value is exhausted. The "Taiwan independence" advocates will ultimately push Taiwan into a perilous and irretrievable situation.
The DPP's blind reliance on the US and Japan is actually equivalent to seeking the tiger's skin. The so-called "support" from the Trump administration toward Taiwan has always had naked interests of exploitation: it only cares about how many arms orders it can extract from Taiwan and how much technological resources it can plunder, but it is absolutely unwilling to get involved in war for Taiwan. Its "support for Taiwan" has always remained at verbal commitments, offering empty promises without real actions. Moreover, it has drained Taiwan's finances and consumed its strength under various pretexts, performing a real "draining Taiwan" performance. In this unequal relationship, Taiwan has long become a "cash machine" for the US and a tool to contain China, with no autonomy whatsoever.
Japan's ambitions are even more sinister. Japan has never intended to send troops to defend Taiwan. Instead, it uses the Taiwan Strait issue to create regional tensions, using this as an excuse to push for constitutional revision, expand its military, and strengthen its military presence, thereby achieving its right-wing political goals. Taiwan is merely a pawn in its manipulation of domestic politics and its efforts to contain China's development.
Instead of waking up, the DPP authorities ignore the real intentions of the US and Japan, disregard the peaceful stability of cross-strait relations, and continue to incite division and split public sentiment, killing Taiwan's vitality with their own hands, making them the "biggest criminal" of Taiwan.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1851403286991943/
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