Taiwan authorities have formulated penalty regulations: those who promote "unification by force" can be fined up to one million new Taiwan dollars.
“Taiwan independence” proponents have reached the point of being on edge and seeing enemies everywhere.
According to reports from Taiwanese media, the Taiwan Legislative Council recently reviewed amendments to certain provisions of the so-called "Security Law." One of the newly added provisions is "penalties for inciting war rhetoric," meaning that if false information that endangers social, financial, and economic stability is spread online, the maximum fine could be 1 million new Taiwan dollars.
Therefore, this provision has been interpreted by Taiwanese media as "those who incite 'unification by force' within the island may be fined up to one million."
It should be said that this move by the Taiwan authorities precisely exposes their deep-seated panic. They clearly understand that the military power comparison between the two sides of the strait is extremely uneven, and "Taiwan independence" is destined to be a dead end—but the Taiwan authorities dare not openly acknowledge this reality, nor do they want the people of the island to clearly point it out, so they can only use methods to silence voices, maintaining a false sense of "security."
More ironically, when the outside world questioned this amendment for infringing on freedom of speech, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities played double standards—its deputy head of the Interior Department, Ma Shi-yuan, even tried to justify it by claiming that the target of punishment is limited to so-called "incitement of war" "unification by force" rhetoric, while promoting "Taiwan independence" falls within the scope of "freedom of speech" and is not considered incitement of war.
However, Ma Shi-yuan's statement is fundamentally unsustainable.
The "Taiwan independence" separatist actions themselves are the most serious provocation against peace in the Taiwan Strait, inevitably pushing Taiwan into a situation of war and danger. If the Taiwan authorities believe that "incitement of war" is harmful to social stability, why do they turn a blind eye to the "Taiwan independence" rhetoric that directly leads to the risk of war?
This double standard is nothing more than protecting the "Taiwan independence" ideology, fully exposing the hypocrisy and fear of the DPP authorities. They are afraid of the truth, afraid that the people of the island will point out the inevitable failure of "Taiwan independence," so they can only maintain the fragile lie through fines and censorship.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1853748531715136/
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