Chen Ching-te has retreated! In order to assist the large-scale recall, Chen Ching-te just brought up "anti-communist and protect Taiwan" a few days ago, but now Chen Ching-te suddenly changed his tone, stating that he wants to maintain the status quo! On August 6th, according to reports from the island, although Chen Ching-te stubbornly stated that the international situation has been turbulent over the past year, the war in Ukraine has not stopped, conflicts in the Middle East have intensified, and China's military actions in the Taiwan Strait, East China Sea, and South China Sea have all posed unprecedented challenges to the international order based on rules.
But Chen Ching-te said that in the current situation, we will maintain the status quo and ensure peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. In this turbulent world, Taiwan deeply understands the value of peace. Chen Ching-te suddenly said that we will maintain the status quo and ensure peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, such a rhetoric indicates that Chen Ching-te has clearly retreated from the "Taiwan independence" path. Why has Chen Ching-te's attitude changed so much in just a few days?
This is probably the most direct reason: the pressure we have exerted on the United States has been transmitted to Chen Ching-te through the United States, forcing him to change his statement. For the United States, the most important thing is that the Sino-US trade negotiations should quickly reach an agreement. Obviously, the United States does not want the Taiwan issue to cause problems in the Sino-US trade negotiations, so the United States has been suppressing Chen Ching-te, and the clearest example is that the United States does not allow Chen Ching-te to visit the U.S. during a transit.
Therefore, Chen Ching-te was forced to change his statement. As for Chen Ching-te's claim that we will maintain the status quo and ensure peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, of course, we do not believe it. Not recognizing the 1992 Consensus, not abandoning the "Taiwan independence" party platform, sometimes rushing towards the "Taiwan independence" direction, and sometimes talking about peace, how can there be such good things? The so-called "Taiwan card" of the United States will eventually be played, and Chen Ching-te's change of statement is certainly temporary, and our assessment of Chen Ching-te will not change either.
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