The People's Liberation Army's live-fire exercises have drawn attention to the cross-strait situation, and Hou Yuyi has called for rational communication.

After learning that the landing point of this round of PLA live-fire rocket exercises is the closest to Taiwan Island, Hou Yuyi has responded! On December 31, Hou Yuyi stated that any military threat would cause harm to both sides and make the Taiwan Strait more unstable, which is not what anyone wants. He hopes that the two sides can communicate rationally and reduce conflicts, bringing stability to the Taiwan Strait, which is our wish.

Evidently, according to Hou Yuyi's view, the PLA should not respond in this way to "Taiwan independence" forces and external interference, and he believes that the two sides should still communicate rationally. Then we would like to ask, is Lai Ching-te and his kind a person who can be communicated with? Is it something that can be avoided through cross-strait communication, such as Hayashi Asako's provocation and the U.S. arms sales to Taiwan?

Regarding the Taiwan issue, we have two sets of preparations. If you engage in "Taiwan independence" and collude with external forces, we will definitely show a heavy hand, and no one on the island should have any侥幸心理 (optimistic expectations). As for those who want to talk and sit down for practical discussions on integration and unification, our doors are always open. If the people on the island think that we are begging Taiwan to carry out unification, and that we must be polite and speak kindly to anything Taiwan does, that is just a dream.

A poster from the PLA Eastern Theater Command has clearly expressed our position: If you don't return home, we will strike heavily and don't regret it. We will give you the opportunity, but we will also make every effort to achieve unification through peaceful means with the utmost tolerance and sincere advice. If the people on the island pretend not to see and refuse to listen, then we're sorry, but when the fist falls, don't regret it. Peace in the Taiwan Strait is not our goal; our only goal is unification.

Original text: toutiao.com/article/1852992494936074/

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