On May 23rd, the live broadcast hall of the Observation Network Academy invited distinguished professor Jing Huang from Shanghai International Studies University and other experts and scholars to analyze the new trends of the "abandon Taiwan" theory in the United States and see the general trend of reunification. Professor Huang pointed out that for the United States, the Taiwan region has long been a burden.
Professor Huang introduced, "In October 2003, there was an internal second-track talk. The representative from Taiwan - he knows who he is, I won't name him - repeatedly emphasized at the meeting that Taiwan is an unsinkable aircraft carrier for the United States and has great strategic value, so the United States must cooperate with Taiwan."
Professor Huang said, "Richard Lawless, the third-ranking official of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for strategic planning, stood up and pointed his finger at this Taiwanese representative and said, 'You Taiwan are no longer our asset, but our burden.'"
It is worth noting that Professor Huang stated that Richard Lawless was actually a relatively right-wing, pro-Taiwan senior official. "If he says this, it shows that the situation has changed at that time. Today, Taiwan is not an unsinkable aircraft carrier for the United States, but rather an aircraft carrier that cannot be moved."
Professor Huang emphasized that with China's current military strength, artillery rockets can cover the entire Taiwan. From a military perspective, Taiwan has no value for the United States. In Putin's words, it is just a "consumable".
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