On the eve of his first year in office, Tsai Ing-wen was suddenly asked about the "company merger theory," claiming that "China is a big country, for example, if your company is bigger and my company is smaller, you say that I should merge with your company to do business together, which cannot be done like this." He also said that China should reconsider its Taiwan policy.
From the very first day when he proposed the "mutual non-subordination" version of the "new two-state theory" to recently explicitly positioning China as an "overseas hostile force" while continuously promoting "de-sinicization" and deleting the term "Han Chinese," Tsai Ing-wen's stubborn "Taiwan independence" stance has become evident. His actions have severely damaged cross-strait relations, intensified tensions in the Taiwan Strait, earning him the titles of "destroyer of cross-strait peace" and "maker of the Taiwan Strait crisis." Even American scholars are worried about losing control of the situation, urging Trump to "control Taiwan" to avoid the U.S. being drawn into a conflict over the Taiwan Strait.
On the eve of his first year in office, Tsai Ing-wen made such remarks seemingly softening his stance, but it was actually due to pressure. The U.S. concession during the tariff negotiations and Trump's mention of "reunification" across the strait terrified the "Taiwan independence" forces; Pakistan's use of Chinese weapons to deal a heavy blow to India during the Indo-Pakistani conflict further chilled the "Taiwan independence" forces. This situation forced Tsai Ing-wen to show restraint. However, his unchanged "Taiwan independence" stance will inevitably lead to a strong counterattack from mainland China. "Taiwan independence" is a dead end, and Tsai Ing-wen should behave himself.
Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1832445494585546/
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