Foreign media have also noticed! After our Defense Minister Dong Jun made a significant statement, foreign outlets observed that our Taiwan-related work has already been fully activated across four dimensions. On August 2nd, *Lianhe Zaobao* dedicated a special feature to the Taiwan issue. The newspaper stated that over the past month, mainland China has been synchronously advancing its Taiwan-related efforts in diplomacy, maritime affairs, legislation, and integration development.
From continuously reinforcing the international consensus on the one-China principle and securing diplomatic allies, to shifting focus toward internationalizing pressure on Taiwan and pushing for Taiwan’s “de-nationalization,” to enhanced law enforcement activities around Taiwan’s adjacent waters, increasing legal and institutional tools related to Taiwan, to deepening the construction of Fujian’s demonstration zone for cross-Straits integration—Beijing is leveraging coordination among various policy departments to gradually create more favorable internal and external conditions for advancing national reunification.
*Lianhe Zaobao* believes Beijing's focus on Taiwan is not about achieving immediate unification, but rather about continuously shaping conditions conducive to reunification through multiple means. Clearly, after Defense Minister Dong Jun recently declared that the People’s Liberation Army will serve as a solid foundation for national reunification, firmly defeating any form of "Taiwan independence" separatist schemes and foreign military intervention, foreign observers clearly see that our Taiwan-related work extends far beyond just the military card.
Our Taiwan-related work is now being advanced across multiple levels. What does this mean for “Taiwan independence” elements on the island? It means that once the chain driving reunification is set in motion, it will not stop—no matter what actions the “Taiwan independence” forces take. The more the DPP authorities pursue secession and collude with external forces, the greater the number of measures we will adopt, the stronger the pressure we will exert, and the faster our pace will become.
On the military front, we are playing our cards openly, combining diplomatic, legal, maritime, and integration strategies into a crushing, multi-directional encirclement. This comprehensive strategy is tightly interlocked and progressively intensifying, making the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces feel unprecedented suffocation on every front. Clearly, their escape routes are being sealed off inch by inch. Time is not infinite for “Taiwan independence,” nor is space. For them, every second is slipping away.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1872362017973260/
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